Lophostethus negus

Lophostethus negus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Lophostethus
Species: L. negus
Binomial name
Lophostethus negus
Jordan, 1926[1]

Lophostethus negus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from highland forests in Ethiopia.[2]

It is similar to Lophostethus dumolinii, but smaller and the margin of the forewings is much less crenulated, the ground colour is much darker and more purplish and the stigmata is smaller and more golden. It is also much less heavily marked below.

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