Isognathus menechus

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Isognathus menechus
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Male dorsal
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Male ventral
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Isognathus
Species:
I. menechus
Binomial name
Isognathus menechus
(Boisduval, 1875) [1]
Synonyms
  • Anceryx menechusBoisduval, 1875
  • Sphinx mnechusMénétriés, 1857
  • Isognathus amazonicusButler, 1876

Isognathus menechus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

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Distribution

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

Description

It is a heavy-bodied species. The upperside of the body and forewings has a bluish-grey cast and the bands on the upperside of the abdomen are well marked. [3]

Biology

There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Himatanthus lancifolius .

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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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