''Lintneria pseudostigmatica'' is a
moth
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of the family
Sphingidae. It is known from
Mexico
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.
It is similar in size and pattern to ''
Lintneria eremitus'', but the wings are slimmer, the ground colour of the head, thorax and forewing uppersides is more grey-brown, the abdomen underside is darker grey and the underside of both wings is more grey and less well-marked.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''
Salvia ballotaeflora''.
References
Lintneria
Moths described in 1928
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