Dahira obliquifascia

Dahira obliquifascia, the black-striped dahira, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, Nepal, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

Dahira obliquifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Dahira
Species:
D. obliquifascia
Binomial name
Dahira obliquifascia
(Hampson, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ampelophaga obliquifascia Hampson, 1910
  • Acosmeryx huangshana Meng, 1982
  • Ampelophaga baibarana Matsumura, 1927
  • Ampelophaga fujiana Zhu & Wang, 1997
  • Gehlenia obliguifascia Hampson

The wingspan is about 78 mm.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Dahira obliquifascia (Hampson, 1910) -- Black-striped dahira". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


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