Perigonia lusca

Half-Blind Sphinx
Perigonia lusca, mounted adult
Perigonia lusca, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Perigonia
Species: P. lusca
Binomial name
Perigonia lusca
(Fabricius, 1777)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx lusca Fabricius, 1777
  • Stenolophia tenebrosa R Felder, 1874
  • Perigonia restituta Walker, 1865
  • Perigonia interrupta Walker, 1865
  • Macroglossa doto Schaufuss, 1870
  • Perigonia lusca major Clark, 1928
  • Perigonia lusca bahamensis Clark, 1919
  • Macroglossa doto Schaufuss, 1870

The Half-Blind Sphinx or Coffee Sphinx (Perigonia lusca) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It found from the northern tip of South America, through most of Central America, and up to Florida in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is 55–65 mm. There are several generations per year in southern Florida. On the Galapagos Islands, adults are on wing in April and July. In the tropics, adults are probably on wing year round.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Guettarda macrosperma, Guettarda scabra, Coffea species (including Coffea arabica), Ilex krugiana, Ilex paraguariensis, Genipa americana, Rondeletia, Gonzalagunia species (including Gonzalagunia spicata) and Cinchona succirubra. They are green with a yellow tail horn and a dark blue stripe down the back. There is at least one color morph.

Subspecies

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, August 16, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.