Pachylioides resumens
| Pachylioides resumens | |
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| Pachylioides resumens - MHNT | |
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| Pachylioides resumens △ - MHNT | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Pachylioides |
| Species: | P. resumens |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachylioides resumens (Walker, 1856)[1] | |
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Pachylioides resumens is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay north through Central America (including Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico) and the West Indies. Occasional strays can be found up to southern Texas and south-eastern Wyoming.
The wingspan is 63–102 mm. The forewing tip is hooked and the upperside of the forewing is gray-brown with dark brown incomplete wavy lines and dark brown and orange shading. The upperside of the hindwing has orange shading and dark brown patches at the tip and in the center.[2]
Adults are on wing in several generations in the tropics.
The larvae feed on Echites umbellata, Ficus carica and other Ficus species. Pupation takes place in cocoons spun amongst leaf litter.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links
- Pachylioides resumens Butterflies and Moths of North America