Praedora plagiata

Praedora plagiata

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Sphingidae

Genus: Praedora

Species: P. plagiata

Binomial name

Praedora plagiata
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]

Synonyms

Praedora marshalli
meridionalis Kiriakoff, 1954
Praedora plagiata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna
from Zimbabwe to Tanzania.[2]
The length of the forewings is 2429 mm. The forewing upperside is grey with a faint pinkish tone.
There is a large brownish-black discal patch present, as well as three ill-defined, brown subbasal
and antemedian lines, an indistinct discal line distal to the dark patch and an even less distinct,
zigzag postdiscal line. The underside of both wings is yellowish cinnamon brown, with three very
indistinct parallel discal lines. The hindwing upperside is greyish brown, palest at the base, without
markings. The fringe is white with brown dots.