Leucophlebia neumanni

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Leucophlebia neumanni
Leucophlebia neumanni BMNHE814038 female up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Leucophlebia
Species:
L. neumanni
Binomial name
Leucophlebia neumanni

Leucophlebia neumanni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from dry bush in southern and western Ethiopia and in northern Uganda.[2]

The head and body are entirely rosy red. The forewings are pink with a yellow longitudinal streak. The hindwings are orange yellow. The mid and hind tibiae are creamy white.

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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