Species of moth

Leucostrophus alterhirundo

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Sphingidae

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Leucostrophus

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L. alterhirundo

Binomial name
Leucostrophus alterhirundo

Gerstaecker, 1871[1]

Synonyms

* Macroglossa hirundo Gerstaecker, 1871

Leucostrophus alterhirundo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Ethiopia and Somalia, south to Zambia and Malawi.[2]

The wingspan is 39–48 mm. The abdomen upperside has a pale belt on tergites four and five. It is chalky white, without a bluish tint unless scales have been rubbed off. The abdomen underside has a gradually fading white colour, so the posterior half is clayish rather than black. Both wings are of a paler slate colour than Leucostrophus commasiae.

The larvae feed on Strychnos species.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
2. ^ 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 - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2263350
* BioLib: 649651
* BOLD: 64279
* CoL: 944JG
* GBIF: 6106774
* iNaturalist: 362403
* LepIndex: 2297428
* NCBI: 1087497

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