Biology:Ceridia heuglini
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Ceridia |
| Species: | C. heuglini
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| Ceridia heuglini (R. Felder, 1874)[1]
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Ceridia heuglini is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and grassland from Mali and Chad to Sudan, the Central African Republic and Uganda.[2]
The length of the forewings is about 30 mm. The ground colour of the forewings and body is pale pinkish brown. There is a chocolate coloured narrow median stripe on the head and thorax. The forewings have a conspicuous chocolate marking which touches the costa, leaving the intervening areas pinkish brown. There is a large rounded chocolate stigma touching the lower part of this chocolate marking and a rounded chocolate marking edged proximally with pale pink at the apex. There are several faint, sinuous dark transverse lines. The hindwings are paler, more pink and unmarked.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331194924/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Ceridia/heuglini.html. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q2741303 entry
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