Rhodoprasina corrigenda

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Rhodoprasina corrigenda
Rhodoprasina corrigenda BMNHE813605 male up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Rhodoprasina
Species:
R. corrigenda
Binomial name
Rhodoprasina corrigenda
Kitching & Cadiou, 1996[1]

Rhodoprasina corrigenda is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[2]

The wingspan is 104–116 mm. It is similar to Rhodoprasina corolla but larger and with a silvery sheen on the greenish forewings, which are longer and apically pointed. The hindwing has a pink area which is restricted to the basal half of the wing.

Adults are on wing from October to early December in Thailand.

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Rhodoprasina corrigenda Cadiou & Kitching, 1996". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.


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