Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Cephonodes woodfordii | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cephonodes Rank Species | |
Similar Cephonodes picus, Cephonodes kingii, Cephonodes, Macroglossinae, Cephonodes hylas | ||
Cephonodes woodfordii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Papua New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.
It is very similar to Cephonodes hylas hylas but larger and immediately distinguishable by the orange (not white) underside of the thorax. The underside of the head, thorax and legs are orange. The underside of the abdomen is black with small orange lateral and medial patches on each sternite. The anal tuft is largely black.
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