Malgassoclanis delicatus

Malgassoclanis delicatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Malgassoclanis
Species: M. delicatus
Binomial name
Malgassoclanis delicatus
(Jordan, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus delicatus Jordan, 1921
  • Malgassoclanis delicatus maculalis Griveaud, 1971

Malgassoclanis delicatus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.[2]

The males of this species have a wingspan of 45–55 mm, and the females of 60-70mm. The basic colour of their forewings is greyish brown or brownish, the hidewings are orange with external border in grey or brown. The abdomen and thorax are grey or brownish.[3]

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. Griveaud P.,1970, Sur quelques Sphingides de Madagascar (Lep.) 4ieme Note. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 1970, 75 (7; 8), p. 201-208.