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Sphinx crassistriga

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Sphinx crassistriga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphinx
Species:
S. crassistriga
Binomial name
Sphinx crassistriga
Synonyms
  • Hyloicus crassistriga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Sphinx crassistriga is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Japan.

The length of the forewings is about 38 mm. The upperside of the body is pale brown, while the underside of the body is cinnamon brown. The forewing upperside is wood brown with brownish black markings and the underside of both wings is somewhat greyish brown. The hindwing upperside is brown.

Subspecies

  • Sphinx crassistriga crassistriga (Honshu in Japan)[2]
  • Sphinx crassistriga aino Kishida, 1990 (Hokkaido in Japan)[3]

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Sphinx crassistriga crassistriga (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  3. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Sphinx crassistriga aino Kishida, 1990". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.