Neogene reevei is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1882.[1] It is known from Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Neogene |
| Species: | N. reevei
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| Neogene reevei (H. Druce, 1882)
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It is similar to Neogene dynaeus. The hindwing upperside disc is more shaded with brown in the female than in the male, where the colour is mainly restricted to the veins. The width of the black border is individually variable.
Adults have been recorded in March in Santiago del Estero, January in Cordoba and February in Tucuman.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Oehlke, Bill. "Neogene reevei (Druce, 1882)". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
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