Cephonodes woodfordii

Species of moth

Cephonodes woodfordii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Papua New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.^[2]

It is very similar to Cephonodes hylas hylas but larger and immediately distinguishable by the orange (not white) underside of the thorax. The underside of the head, thorax and legs are orange. The underside of the abdomen is black with small orange lateral and medial patches on each sternite. The anal tuft is largely black.

Subspecies

• Cephonodes woodfordii woodfordii
• Cephonodes woodfordii luisae Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Papua New Guinea)

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-19. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. "Papua Insects Foundation". Papua-insects.nl. Retrieved 2011-10-19.