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Himantoides

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Himantoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Dilophonotini
Genus: Himantoides
Butler, 1876
Species:
H. undata
Binomial name
Himantoides undata
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Perigonia undata Walker, 1856
  • Himantoides perkinsae Clark, 1933

Himantoides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. Its only species, Himantoides undata, which was described by Francis Walker in 1856, is known from Jamaica.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ^ "Himantoides undata, Rothschild & Jordan, 1903". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.