Smerinthulus quadripunctatus
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Smerinthulus quadripunctatus is a species of moth
of the Sphingidae
family. It is known from Thailand
and Sundaland
.
The ground colour of the forewing is dull reddish yellow in the male, darker and more reddish in the female. There is a dark discal spot and a series of fine, irregular dark fasciae.
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 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 Sundaland
Sundaland
Sundaland is a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age. It included the Malay Peninsula on the Asian mainland, as well as the large islands of Borneo, Java, and Sumatra and their surrounding...
.
The ground colour of the forewing is dull reddish yellow in the male, darker and more reddish in the female. There is a dark discal spot and a series of fine, irregular dark fasciae.
Subspecies
- Smerinthulus quadripunctatus quadripunctatus (Sundaland)
- Smerinthulus quadripunctatus cottoni Cadiou & Kitching, 1990 (Thailand)