Hemeroplanes longistriga
Species of moth
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Hemeroplanes longistriga is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
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| Hemeroplanes longistriga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hemeroplanes |
| Species: | H. longistriga |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemeroplanes longistriga | |
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Distribution
Description
It differs from all other Hemeroplanes species by the very long silver mark on the forewing upperside and lack of yellow bands on the upperside of the abdomen.
Female dorsal
Female ventral
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Biology
There are probably at least two generations per year. Adults have been recorded in December in Brazil.
