Euryglottis albostigmata

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Euryglottis albostigmata
Euryglottis albostigmata MHNT CUT 2010 0 113 Loja Las Chinchas Ecuador male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal view
Euryglottis albostigmata MHNT CUT 2010 0 113 Loja Las Chinchas Ecuador male ventral.jpg
Male ventral view
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Euryglottis
Species:
E. albostigmata
Binomial name
Euryglottis albostigmata

Euryglottis albostigmata is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1895.

Distribution[]

It is known from Colombia and Peru.[2]

Description[]

It is very different from other species in the genus Euryglottis, particularly in colour as well as the absence of a pale angle-shaped marking in submarginal area on the forewing upperside. The hindwing upperside of the females is more extensively white than in males.

Subspecies[]

  • Euryglottis albostigmata albostigmata (Colombia)
  • Euryglottis albostigmata basalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Peru)

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-04-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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