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Smerinthulus quadripunctatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Rank
  
Subspecies

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Smerinthulus

Smerinthulus quadripunctatus

Scientific name
  
Smerinthulus quadripunctatus

Smerinthulus quadripunctatus is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Thailand and Sundaland.

The ground colour of the forewing is dull reddish yellow in the male, darker and more reddish in the female. There is a dark discal spot and a series of fine, irregular dark fasciae.

Subspecies

  • Smerinthulus quadripunctatus quadripunctatus (Sundaland)
  • Smerinthulus quadripunctatus cottoni Cadiou & Kitching, 1990 (Thailand)
  • References

    Smerinthulus quadripunctatus Wikipedia