Cephonodes tamsi

Cephonodes tamsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cephonodes
Species: C. tamsi
Binomial name
Cephonodes tamsi
Griveaud, 1960[1]

Cephonodes tamsi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Seychelles.[2]

It is very similar to Cephonodes trochilus, but distinguishable by the reddish rather than brownish upperside of the abdomen and the white centres to the abdominal segments below. The upperside of the head, thorax and wing bases are unicolorous green. The abdomen is uniformly reddish. The underside of the abdominal segments are medially white and laterally pale yellow, separated by black.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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