Biology:Perigonia glaucescens
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Short description: Species of moth
| Perigonia glaucescens | |
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| Female, upperside | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Perigonia |
| Species: | P. glaucescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Perigonia glaucescens Walker, 1856[1]
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Perigonia glaucescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[2]
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.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112101940/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Perigonia/glaucescens.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194126/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/pglauces.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
Wikidata ☰ Q2680358 entry
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