Lophostethus dumolinii

Lophostethus dumolinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Lophostethus
Species: L. dumolinii
Binomial name
Lophostethus dumolinii
(Angas, 1849)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx dumolinii Angas, 1849

Lophostethus dumolinii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from most habitats, except desert and high mountains throughout the Ethiopian Region, excluding Madagascar and the Cape in South Africa.[2]

The length of the forewings is 55–70 mm for males and 70–75 mm for females and the wingspan is 130–171 mm. This species has a characteristic colour and pattern of the upperside of the thorax and forewing. The forewing upperside ground colour is pale brown with paler undulating antemedian and postmedian lines.

The larvae feed on Ficus, Milletia aboensis, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Hibiscus micranthus, Hibiscus panduriformis, Dombeya rotundifolia, Dombeya cymosa, Carissa macrocarpa, Andersonia, Grewia bicolor and Grewia occidentalis.[3] The larvae are entirely different in appearance from the other species of the Sphingidae family in that they possess spines on their body while most larvae are sleek and smooth.

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