Lintneria justiciae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Lintneria |
Species: | L. justiciae |
Binomial name | |
Lintneria justiciae (Walker, 1856)[1] |
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Lintneria justiciae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-eastern Brazil, eastern Argentina and Uruguay.[2]
There are orange-yellow transverse median lines on the abdomen upperside. Adults have been recorded in late January in Brazil.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Justicia, Petunia and Hyptis sidifolia.