Sphinx Crassistriga
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''Sphinx crassistriga'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. The length of the forewings is about 38 mm. The upperside of the body is pale brown, while the underside of the body is cinnamon brown. The forewing upperside is wood brown with brownish black markings and the underside of both wings is somewhat greyish brown. The hindwing upperside is brown.


Subspecies

*''Sphinx crassistriga crassistriga'' (Honshu in Japan) *''Sphinx crassistriga aino'' Kishida, 1990 (Hokkaido in Japan)


References

Sphinx (genus) Moths described in 1903 Moths of Japan {{Sphinginae-stub