Falcatula penumbra

Falcatula penumbra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Falcatula
Species: F. penumbra
Binomial name
Falcatula penumbra
(Clark, 1936)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus penumbra Clark, 1936

Falcatula penumbra is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

It is very similar to Falcatula falcatus, but the upperside ground colour of the head, thorax and wings is darker brown with a more strongly developed pattern of dark brown transverse lines and bands.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "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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