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Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Smerinthinae > Leucophlebiini > Leucophlebia

Leucophlebia emittens Walker, 1866 – Small Candy-striped Hawkmoth

Leucophlebia emittens – Small Candy-striped Hawkmoth

Leucophlebia emittens
Leucophlebia emittens
Leucophlebia emittens
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Vide Bell & Scott, 1937
Fore wing upperside with one broad longitudinal maize-yellow streak. - L. emittens
Fore wing upperside with a broad upper and a narrow lower, longitudinal maize-yellow streak. - L. lineata
References:
  1. Bell, T.R.D & F. B. Scott. 1937. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 5. Sphingidae 537p - 1 folding map - 15 pl. Pg. 159 #36. Plate II larva fg.16
  2. Kitching, I. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1461 [accessed 23 Sep 2015]

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Anonymous. 2021. Leucophlebia emittens Walker, 1866 – Small Candy-striped Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355297/Leucophlebia-emittens
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