Praedora leucophaea

Praedora leucophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Praedora
Species: P. leucophaea
Binomial name
Praedora leucophaea
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]

Praedora leucophaea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry bush areas from northern South Africa to Kenya.[2]

The length of the forewings is 20–21 mm. The body and forewings are greyish white with light brown transverse bands. The hindwings are uniform very pale grey.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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