Hippotion melichari
| Hippotion melichari | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hippotion |
| Species: | H. melichari |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippotion melichari Haxaire, 2001[1] | |
Hippotion melichari is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.
The length of the forewings is about 30 mm. It is superficially similar in body and forewing upperside pattern to Hippotion eson, but smaller and immediately distinguishable by the dark brown hindwing upperside with a poorly developed buff median band.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.