Perigonia lefebvraei

Perigonia lefebvraei
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Perigonia
Species:
P. lefebvraei
Binomial name
Perigonia lefebvraei
(H. Lucas, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa lefebvraei H. Lucas, 1857
  • Perigonia ilioides Boisduval, 1875

Perigonia lefebvraei is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1857. It is known from Cuba and the Dominican Republic.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ferdinandusa angustata and Guettarda species.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ^ Oehlke, Bill. "Perigonia lefebvraei (Lucas, 1857)". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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