Smerinthulus quadripunctatus

Smerinthulus quadripunctatus
Smerinthulus quadripunctatus, Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Smerinthulus
Species: S. quadripunctatus
Binomial name
Smerinthulus quadripunctatus
Huwe, 1895[1]

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.[2]

Subspecies

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "The Moths of Borneo". Arbec.com.my. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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