Hippotion brennus

Hippotion brennus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Hippotion
Species: H. brennus
Binomial name
Hippotion brennus
(Stoll, 1782)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx brennus Stoll, 1782
  • Panacra maculiventris Miskin, 1891
  • Chaerocampa johanna Kirby, 1877
  • Hippotion rubribrenna Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Hippotion novaebrittaniae Clark, 1932
  • Hippotion brennus viettei Darge, 1975
  • Hippotion brennus funebris Gehlen, 1926

Hippotion brennus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have patterned brown or grey forewings, and yellow or orange hindwings with a brown border. The forewings each have a recurve on both the inner and outer margins. The hindwings each have a recurve on the outer margin near the tornus. The abdomen has four white markings along each side.[3] It is a variable species in colour and pattern with four distinct forms (brennus, funebris, johanna and rubribrenna) and some intermediates.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Papua Insects Foundation". Papua-insects.nl. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2011-10-25.


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