Rhodoprasina corrigenda
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Rhodoprasina corrigenda is a species of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...

 family. It is known from northern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 and northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

.

The wingspan
Wingspan
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 is 104–116 mm. It is similar to Rhodoprasina corolla
Rhodoprasina corolla
Rhodoprasina corolla is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Thailand....

but larger and with a silvery sheen on the greenish forewings, which are longer and apically pointed. The hindwing has a pink area which is restricted to the basal half of the wing.

Adults are on wing from October to early December in Thailand.
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