''Falcatula penumbra'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Sphingidae. It is known from

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and the

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. It is very similar to ''

Falcatula falcatus ''Falcatula falcatus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and woodland from Zimbabwe to Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, the Central African Republic and eastern Africa. The length of the forewings is 38–42 mm for fem ...

'', but the upperside ground colour of the head, thorax and wings is darker brown with a more strongly developed pattern of dark brown transverse lines and bands.

References

Smerinthini Moths described in 1936 {{Smerinthini-stub