Pachygonidia mielkei
Appearance
Pachygonidia mielkei | |
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Female, upperside from Espírito Santo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Pachygonidia |
Species: | P. mielkei
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Binomial name | |
Pachygonidia mielkei Cadiou, 1997[1]
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Pachygonidia mielkei is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean-Marie Cadiou in 1997. It is found in Brazil.
The length of the forewings is 32–35 mm for males and 35–37 mm for females. There is a distinct grey-brown submarginal patch on the forewing upperside and there are two median transverse pinkish-buff bands on the hindwing upperside.
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.