Rhadinopasa

Rhadinopasa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Rhadinopasa
Karsch, 1891
Species: R. hornimani
Binomial name
Rhadinopasa hornimani
(Druce, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Basiana hornimani Druce, 1880
  • Rhadinopasa udei Karsch, 1891

Rhadinopasa is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species, Rhadinopasa hornimani, which is known from lowland forest from Gabon, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and Tanzania.[2]

The length of the forewings is 65 mm for males. Females are somewhat larger, darker and have more rounded wings. The head and body are pale orange brown. The forewings are pale orange brown to pale olive with a number of faint, wavy, parallel subbasal lines and a narrow dark longitudinal streak from the costa to the proximity of the outer margin. The outer margin and apex are yellowish and the tornal angle is very obtuse and rounded. The hindwings are pale reddish brown with a faint darker wavy submarginal band near the tornus.

Species

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. 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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