Perigonia glaucescens
Perigonia glaucescens | |
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Female, upperside | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Perigonia |
Species: | P. glaucescens
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Binomial name | |
Perigonia glaucescens |
Perigonia glaucescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[2]
It can be distinguished from all other Perigonia species by the olive-green head and thorax, characteristic forewing upperside pattern and the broad white or cream band across the upperside of abdominal segment six.
References[]
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
Categories:
- Perigonia
- Moths of the Caribbean
- Insects of Haiti
- Insects of the Dominican Republic
- Endemic fauna of Hispaniola
- Moths described in 1856
- Dilophonotini stubs