Praedora tropicalis

Praedora tropicalis
	Praedora tropicalis, male, upperside. Uganda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Praedora
Species:	P. tropicalis
Binomial name
	Praedora tropicalis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1912[1]

Praedora tropicalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush from Zambia to Uganda and Kenya.[2]

The length of the forewings is 19–24 mm. The body and forewings are very dark grey. The forewings have paler irregular transverse bands and darker transverse crenulate lines. The hindwings are paler, with traces of two faint transverse dark bands. The wings are more rounded than in related Litosphingia.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.