Aleuron chloroptera

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Aleuron chloroptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Aleuron
Species:
A. chloroptera
Binomial name
Aleuron chloroptera
(Perty, [1833]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx chloropteraPerty, [1833]
  • Aleuron chloropterum
  • Aleuron disisBoisduval, 1875

Aleuron chloroptera is a moth of the family Sphingidae. [2] It was described by Maximilian Perty in 1833, and is known from southern Mexico, Brazil, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Paraguay, Argentina and Ecuador. It is probably also present in Uruguay, Honduras, El Salvador and Panama.

The wingspan is 64–70 mm. Adults are on wing at least from April to January. In Costa Rica adults have been recorded in January, from April to August and from November to December. Adults feed on the nectar of Callianra , Inga and Duranta species. [3]

The larvae feed on Curatella americana , Davilla nitida and probably other Dilleniaceae species.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ↑ Markku Savela (2008-07-07). "Aleuron". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  3. ↑ "silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-02-18. Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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