Laothoe is a genus of butterflies from the family of hawthorns ( Sphingidae ). The hind wings are wide, with a deep notch along the outer edge in front of the apex. Proboscis reduced, not functioning. The antennae of males are fusiform, thickened in the middle part and gradually thinning.
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 Hogweed poplar | ||||||||||||||
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| Laothoe Fabricius , 1807 | ||||||||||||||
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List of Species
- Laothoe amurensis - ( Staudinger , 1892)
- Laothoe austanti - (Staudinger, 1877)
- Laothoe habeli - Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Borth, 2010
- Laothoe philerema - ( Djakonov , 1923)
- Laothoe populeti - (Bienert, 1870)
- Laothoe populetorum - (Staudinger, 1887)
- Laothoe populi - ( Linnaeus , 1758)