Falcatula penumbra

Falcatula penumbra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Falcatula
Species: F. penumbra
Binomial name
Falcatula penumbra
(Clark, 1936)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus penumbra Clark, 1936

Falcatula penumbra is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

It is very similar to Falcatula falcatus, but the upperside ground colour of the head, thorax and wings is darker brown with a more strongly developed pattern of dark brown transverse lines and bands.

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