Hippotion socotrensis
| Hippotion socotrensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hippotion |
| Species: | H. socotrensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippotion socotrensis (Rebel, 1899)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hippotion socotrensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from dry areas from eastern Kenya to southern Ethiopia and probably Somalia. It is also present on Socotra.[2]
The length of the forewings is 22–25 mm. The antennae are pale buff. The body and forewings are ochreous-olive. The forewings have indications of an antemedial band, and a darker, broad diffuse medial fascia. There is a short, indistinct oblique dark streak at the apex. The hindwings are uniformly darker brown. The cilia of both wings are chequered. Subspecies diyllus differs from the nominate race in having a paler, more greenish ground colour and a more reduced median band, usually indicated by a large, diffuse, central dark spot.
Subspecies
- Hippotion socotrensis socotrensis (Socotra)
- Hippotion socotrensis diyllus Fawcett, 1915 (dry areas from eastern Kenya to southern Ethiopia and probably Somalia)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.
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