Perigonia lefebvraei

Perigonia lefebvraei
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Perigonia
Species:	P. lefebvraei
Binomial name
	Perigonia lefebvraei; (H. Lucas, 1857)
Synonyms
	Macroglossa lefebvraei H. Lucas, 1857; Perigonia ilioides Boisduval, 1875;

Perigonia lefebvraei is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1857. It is known from Cuba and the Dominican Republic.^[2]

It is similar to Perigonia lusca lusca, but smaller and the forewing upperside antemedian band is vestigial or absent and the posterior half of the hindwing upperside is more uniformly grey brown.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on and Guettarda species.

References[]

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
^ Oehlke, Bill. "Perigonia lefebvraei (Lucas, 1857)". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] Oehlke, Bill. "Perigonia lefebvraei (Lucas, 1857)". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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