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Praedora plagiata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Praedora
Species:	P. plagiata
Binomial name
Praedora plagiata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Synonyms
Praedora marshalli meridionalis Kiriakoff, 1954

Praedora plagiata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna from Zimbabwe to Tanzania.

The length of the forewings is 24–29 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.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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.

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