Gnathothlibus collardi
Species of moth
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Gnathothlibus collardi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is a hybrid between a female Philodila astyanor and a male Gnathothlibus eras. It is known from Tahiti.
| Gnathothlibus collardi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Gnathothlibus |
| Species: | G. collardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnathothlibus collardi Haxaire, 2002[1] | |
The length of the forewings is about 35 millimetres (1.4 in).
Taxonomy
Gnathothlibus collardi was described as a species, but by combining barcodes, morphology and a nuclear marker, research has shown that it is actually an F1 hybrid between two closely related species.[2]
