Praedora tropicalis
| Praedora tropicalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Praedora |
| Species: | P. tropicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Praedora tropicalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1912[1] | |
Praedora tropicalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush from Zambia to Uganda and Kenya.[2]
The length of the forewings is 19–24 mm. The body and forewings are very dark grey. The forewings have paler irregular transverse bands and darker transverse crenulate lines. The hindwings are paler, with traces of two faint transferse dark bands. The wings are more rounded than in related Litosphingia.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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