Hippotion socotrensis

Hippotion socotrensis
Hippotion socotrensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species: H. socotrensis
Binomial name
Hippotion socotrensis
(Rebel, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Metopsilus socotrensis Rebel, 1899

Hippotion socotrensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry areas from eastern Kenya to southern Ethiopia and probably Somalia. It is also present on Socotra.[2]

The length of the forewings is 22-25 mm. The antennae are pale buff. The body and forewings are ochreous-olive. The forewings have indications of an antemedial band, and a darker, broad diffuse medial fascia. There is a short, indistinct oblique dark streak at the apex. The hindwings are uniformly darker brown. The cilia of both wings are chequered. Subspecies diyllus differs from the nominate race in having a paler, more greenish ground colour and a more reduced median band, usually indicated by a large, diffuse, central dark spot.

Subspecies

  • Hippotion socotrensis socotrensis (Socotra)
  • Hippotion socotrensis diyllus Fawcett, 1915 (dry areas from eastern Kenya to southern Ethiopia and probably Somalia)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Hippotion/socotrensis.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  • Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.
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