Falcatula cymatodes

Falcatula cymatodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Falcatula
Species:	F. cymatodes
Binomial name
	Falcatula cymatodes; Rothchild & Jordan, 1912[1]
Synonyms
	Polyptychus cymatodes Rothchild & Jordan, 1912;

Falcatula cymatodes is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forests in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda and the Central African Republic.[2]

The length of the forewings is 28–32 mm for males and 34–38 mm for females. The forewings of the male are very falcate with a slightly crenulated outer margin and a sharply angled tornus. The forewing and hindwing upperside ground colour is of a similar olive-grey colour. The forewing upperside has indistinct narrow wavy transverse lines, a very small dark discal spot and a very prominent basal spot. The hindwing upperside has diffuse and indistinct postmedian and submarginal bands that are most obvious near the strongly angled tornus. The forewing upperside ground colour for females is darker with stronger transverse lines.

Subspecies

Falcatula cymatodes cymatodes
Falcatula cymatodes lemairei Darge, 1973 (Cameroon)

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References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[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.