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''Lintneria pseudostigmatica'' 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
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. 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 {{Sphinginae-stub