Cephonodes janus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia : Macroglossinae
Tribus: Dilophonotini
Subtribus: Hemarina
Genus: Cephonodes
Species: Cephonodes janus

Cephonodes janus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by William Henry Miskin in 1891. It is known from the Australian state of Queensland, Flores in Indonesia, and New Caledonia east of Australia.

The wingspan is about 50 mm. This species has a very narrow opaque margin around the wings, and a uniformly brown abdomen.[2]
Subspecies

Cephonodes janus janus (Queensland)
Cephonodes janus austrosundanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Flores)
Cephonodes janus simplex Rothschild, 1894 (New Caledonia)

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (15 February 2015). "Cephonodes janus (Miskin, 1891)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 21 November 2018.