About Asteroscopus sphinx Hufnagel, 1766
Scientific name: Asteroscopus sphinx Hufnagel, 1766. This moth has a wingspan of 39 to 49 mm, and forewings measuring 17 to 22 mm in length. The forewing is pale luteous grey, and more or less heavily dusted with olive grey. It has a thick black streak extending from the base below the cell, with a finer streak located above and beyond this thick streak, and another black streak beyond the thick streak below the submedian fold. The outer line is marked by black vein dashes set against a paler area. The orbicular stigma is flattened and elongated, with a black edge. The reniform stigma is large, shaped irregularly like the number 8; the lower half is angled and extends below the median vein. The submarginal line is pale, preceded by black wedge-shaped marks between the veins, and followed by black streaks running from the termen in the vein intervals; the indentation at the submedian fold is more strongly marked. The veins close to the wing margin are finely black, and the fringe is chequered pale and dark grey. The hindwing is whitish, speckled with grey, with darker veins. It has a dull grey cellspot and a marginal row of black lunules. Female individuals are darker overall, with a stronger brownish tint.
