Rhagastis rubetra

Rhagastis rubetra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Rhagastis
Species:	R. rubetra
Binomial name
	Rhagastis rubetra; Rothschild & Jordan, 1907[1]
Synonyms
	Rhagastis mjobergi Clark, 1923;

Rhagastis rubetra is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Indonesia (Kalimantan, Nias, Sumatra) north through Malaysia (Sarawak, Peninsular) to Thailand and possibly southern Tibet, China.[2]

Description

It is similar to Rhagastis acuta, Rhagastis hayesi and Rhagastis velata but distinguishable from the first two by the forewing upperside ground colour and from the last by the shape of the labial palp, which is strongly narrowed towards the base. The forewing upperside is similar to Rhagastis velata, but the ground colour ranges from pale grey to grey green (olive-green in Rhagastis velata). The intensity of the dark markings varies considerably from almost absent to strongly present.

Dorsal MHNT
Ventral MHNT

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Rhagastis rubetra Rothschild & Jordan, 1907". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Rhagastis rubetra Rothschild & Jordan, 1907". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.