Lintneria pseudostigmatica
| Lintneria pseudostigmatica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Lintneria |
| Species: | L. pseudostigmatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Lintneria pseudostigmatica (Gehlen, 1928)[1] | |
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Lintneria pseudostigmatica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico.[2]
It is similar in size and pattern to Lintneria eremitus, but the wings are slimmer, the ground colour of the head, thorax and forewing uppersides is more grey-brown, the abdomen underside is darker grey and the underside of both wings is more grey and less well-marked.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Salvia ballotaeflora.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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