Hemeroplanes longistriga

Hemeroplanes longistriga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hemeroplanes
Species:	H. longistriga
Binomial name
	Hemeroplanes longistriga; (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
	Leucorhampha longistriga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903;

Hemeroplanes longistriga is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brazil and Ecuador.^[2]

It differs from all other Hemeroplanes species by the very long silver mark on the forewing upperside and lack of yellow bands on the upperside of the abdomen.

There are probably at least two generations per year. Adults have been recorded in December in Brazil.

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.