Eupanacra pulchella

Eupanacra pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Eupanacra
Species: E. pulchella
Binomial name
Eupanacra pulchella
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Panacra pulchella Rothschild & Jordan, 1907

Eupanacra pulchella is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea.[2]

It is similar to Eupanacra micholitzi. Adults have a dark forewing upperside with yellow stripes and an orange hindwing upperside with a dark marginal band. There is a conspicuous discal spot on the forewing underside. The hindwing underside has a pale red inner margin.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. "Papua Insects Foundation". Papua-insects.nl. Retrieved 2011-10-20.


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