Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Sphinx adumbrata

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Sphinx adumbrata

Phylum
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Sphinx

Rank
  
Species

Sphinx adumbrata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico.

The thorax upperside, head upperside and palpi are grey. There is a narrow, black mesial line on the abdomen upperside with five elliptical, pale yellow spots. The abdomen underside is grey with a mesial black line. The forewing upperside is also grey, with a black basal patch on the hind margin and a black line in the discal cell. The hindwing upperside is grey with diffuse, dark, basal mesial and submarginal bands.

References

Sphinx adumbrata Wikipedia


Similar Topics