Hypaedalea lobipennis

Hypaedalea lobipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Tribe: Macroglossini
Genus: Hypaedalea
Species: H. lobipennis
Binomial name
Hypaedalea lobipennis
Strand, 1913[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypaedalia lobipennis Strand, 1913
Hypaedalea lobipennis

Hypaedalea lobipennis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from West Africa, including Cameroon and Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 22 mm. The abdomen is olive-brown dorsally, with a narrow double dark dorsal line. The underside of the head and body is light creamy-buff. The forewing upperside has a very jagged black submarginal line running from the apex to the tornus. It is edged proximally with pinkish-brown. The discal spot is small and black and surrounded by a paler area. The forewing underside is pale brick-brown, shading darker towards base. The distal area is uniformly purplish-brown. The hindwing upperside is dark blackish-brown, but paler along the costa.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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