Antinephele lunulata

Antinephele lunulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Antinephele
Species: A. lunulata
Binomial name
Antinephele lunulata
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Synonyms
  • Antinephele weberi Clark, 1923

Antinephele lunulata is a moth of the Sphingidae family.[1] It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903, and is known from forests and wooded habitats from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania,[2] as well as Madagascar.

The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The body and forewings are dull orange-clay coloured to dull ochreous olive. The forewings have a blunt apex and slight emargination below the apex, variously mottled and lined with brown. There is an ill-defined paler area nearer the apex and a small prominent dark apical spot. The hindwings are uniformly dark brown.

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