Rhodoprasina nanlingensis

Rhodoprasina nanlingensis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Hunan and Guangdong in China.[2]

Rhodoprasina nanlingensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Rhodoprasina
Species:
R. nanlingensis
Binomial name
Rhodoprasina nanlingensis
Kishida & Wang, 2003[1]

The wingspan is about 86 mm. The forewing is relatively short and broad. The head, thorax, abdomen and forewing uppersides are reddish ochreous. The ground colour of the hindwing upperside is more reddish than the forewing and the undersides of both wings are reddish ochreous.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Rhodoprasina nanlingensis Kishida & Wang, 2003". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.


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