Litosphingia corticea

Litosphingia corticea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Litosphingia
Species:	L. corticea
Binomial name
	Litosphingia corticea; Jordan, 1920[1]

Litosphingia corticea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush from Matabeleland to Tanzania.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 22 mm for males and about 27 mm for females. Both wings are long and narrow. The body is grey with a dark dorsal line. The wings are grey with darker veins. Females are larger, darker and have more rounded wings than males.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. 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 2012-09-12. 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.