Hippotion balsaminae
| Hippotion balsaminae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hippotion |
| Species: | H. balsaminae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippotion balsaminae (Walker, 1856)[1] | |
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Hippotion balsaminae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar.[2]
The length of the forewings is 24–28 mm and the wingspan is 52–70 mm. The head and body are very pale sandy brown, with faint darker longitudinal lines. The forewings are of the same colour with numerous thin darker, regular oblique and submarginal lines meeting at the apex. The two anterior oblique lines darker and more prominent than the others. The hindwings are blackish with a very light sandy brown submarginal line.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Jussieua repens.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.