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Sphinx adumbrata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Sphinx adumbrata

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

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