''Euryglottis albostigmata'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by

Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ...

in 1895.

Distribution

It is known from

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and Peru.

Description

It is very different from other species in the genus ''

Euryglottis ''Euryglottis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and phy ...

'', particularly in colour as well as the absence of a pale angle-shaped marking in submarginal area on the forewing upperside. The hindwing upperside of the females is more extensively white than in males. Euryglottis albostigmata MHNT CUT 2010 0 113 Napo Cosanga Ecuador female dorsal.jpg, Female Euryglottis albostigmata MHNT CUT 2010 0 113 Napo Cosanga Ecuador female ventral.jpg, Female underside

Subspecies

*''Euryglottis albostigmata albostigmata'' (Colombia) *''Euryglottis albostigmata basalis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Peru)

References

Euryglottis Moths described in 1895 {{Sphinginae-stub