Perigonia glaucescens

(Perigonia glaucescens)

Description

Perigonia glaucescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It can be distinguished from all other Perigonia species by the olive-green head and thorax, characteristic forewing upperside pattern and the broad white or cream band across the upperside of abdominal segment six.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Perigonia
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