Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Hippotion brennus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hippotion Rank Species | |
Similar Hippotion scrofa, Hippotion boerhaviae, Angonyx, Hippotion rosetta, Hippotion velox | ||
Hippotion brennus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia.
The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have patterned brown or grey forewings, and yellow or orange hindwings with a brown border. The forewings each have a recurve on both the inner and outer margins. The hindwings each have a recurve on the outer margin near the tornus. The abdomen has four white markings along each side. It is a variable species in colour and pattern with four distinct forms (brennus, funebris, johanna and rubribrenna) and some intermediates.
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