Centroctena rutherfordi

Centroctena rutherfordi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Centroctena
Species:	C. rutherfordi
Binomial name
Centroctena rutherfordi (Druce, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
Panacra rutherfordi Druce, 1882 Chaerocampa undulata Aurivillius, 1900 Panacra sallmuelleri Möschler, 1890

Centroctena rutherfordi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Uganda and western Kenya. It is also found in the Usambara area of north-eastern Tanzania.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 30–34 mm. The body is dark olive brown with longitudinal black lines. There is a large lateral black spot at the base of the abdomen. The forewings are evenly crenulated at the margin, dark olive brown and speckled and mottled with ochreous and black. There is a straight black line running from the base to the apex, followed by a creamy band, the proximal half of which is straight, the distal half undulate. The submarginal area is ochreous green and the termen and cilia are very dark brown except below the apex, where they are chequered with cream. The hindwings are evenly crenulate at the margin and uniform dark brown.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.