Leucostrophus commasiae

Leucostrophus commasiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Leucostrophus
Species: L. commasiae
Binomial name
Leucostrophus commasiae
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa commasiae Walker, 1856

Leucostrophus commasiae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from west Africa to Gabon and to Kasai in south-western Congo .[2]

The abdomen upperside has a bluish white belt on tergites three and four.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. 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.


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