Neogene corumbensis ?male?, 46mm, courtesy of Jean Haxaire.
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
I believe the holotype is probably from Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul.
Original description from Corumba, Mato Grosso: "This form has the white occipital band of A T . dynaeus, but it is cream-colored, not brilliant white. The ground tone of both wings, above and beneath, is brown, where N. dynaeus is gray. The abdomen also is brown, where N. dynaeus is black. The hind wing of the male is not white, as in N. dynaeus, but is uniform brown above and beneath. The white markings of the fore wing above, so distinct in N. dynaeus, are in this form almost entirely lacking. It is a singularly unicolorous insect throughout."
Neogene corumbensis ?female?, 43mm, courtesy of Jean Haxaire.
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