Rhadinopasa is a genus of moth

Moth

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s in the Sphingidae

Sphingidae

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 family, containing one species, Rhadinopasa hornimani, which is known from lowland forest from Gabon

Gabon

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, Cameroon

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 and the Central African Republic

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 to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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 to Uganda

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 and Tanzania

Tanzania

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The length of the forewings is 65 mm for males. Females are somewhat larger, darker and have more rounded wings. The head and body are pale orange brown. The forewings are pale orange brown to pale olive with a number of faint, wavy, parallel subbasal lines and a narrow dark longitudinal streak from the costa to the proximity of the outer margin. The outer margin and apex are yellowish and the tornal angle is very obtuse and rounded. The hindwings are pale reddish brown with a faint darker wavy submarginal band near the tornus.

Species

• Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani
• Rhadinopasa hornimani tanganyikae Clark, 1938 (Tanzania)