Isognathus menechus

Isognathus menechus
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Isognathus
Species:
I. menechus
Binomial name
Isognathus menechus
(Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anceryx menechus Boisduval, 1875
  • Sphinx mnechus Ménétriés, 1857
  • Isognathus amazonicus Butler, 1876

Isognathus menechus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from Cuba to Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil.[2]

Description

It is a heavy-bodied species.[3]

Biology

There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Himatanthus lancifolius.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  3. ^ Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 9 (10): 511–644.


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