Hippotion irregularis

Hippotion irregularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. irregularis
Binomial name
Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
Pergesa irregularis Walker, 1856 Theretra crossei Rothschild, 1896

Hippotion irregularis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Liberia to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya. It is also found in the Usambara area of Tanzania.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 33–36 mm. The body and forewings are olive-ochreous. The forewings are slightly mottled with brown and marked with a few faint oblique lines, evenly curved from the inner margin to the apex and crenulate near the margin. There is a small blackish stigma and a series of blackish dots at the veins running from the middle of the inner margin to the apex. The hindwings are dark brown with a pale spot at the tornus.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

• Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.