Praedora Plagiata
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''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.


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Sphingini Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lepidoptera of Tanzania Lepidoptera of Zambia Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Moths described in 1903 Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Sphinginae-stub