Cechenena transpacifica

Cechenena transpacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cechenena
Species: C. transpacifica
Binomial name
Cechenena transpacifica
Clark, 1923[1]

Cechenena transpacifica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Philippines.

It is similar to Cechenena chimaera but the basal area of the forewing underside is reddish-ochre. Adults are sexually dimorphic. The intensity of the dark pattern of the forewing upperside in males is highly variable, ranging from very heavily marked to almost unmarked.

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