Protambulyx strigilis

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Streaked sphinx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Protambulyx
Species:
P. strigilis
Binomial name
Protambulyx strigilis
(Linnaeus, 1771) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx strigilisLinnaeus, 1771
  • Ambulyx strigiles rubripennisButler, 1876
  • Protambulyx strigilis portoricensisClark, 1931
  • Protambulyx strigilis turaremLichy, 1943

Protambulyx strigilis, the streaked sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae prevalent in the Americas from Florida to Central and South America. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771.

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Distribution

It is known from tropical and subtropical lowlands in Florida and throughout Central America and the West Indies south to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil and Argentina. [2]

Description

The wingspan is 108–134 mm. Adults are on wing in March and from June to July in Florida, year round in Costa Rica, from April to August and October to December in Bolivia, April in Brazil and June in Peru.

Habitat and cycle

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Spondias dulcis , S. mombin , S. purpurea , S. cytherea , Astronium graveolens , Anacardium occidentale , Comocladia dodonea , C. dentata , Metopium toxiferum , Simarouba glauca , S. amara , Erythroxylum havanense , Eupatorium villosum , Lycopersicon species, Sambucus australis and Schinus terebinthifolius . Later instar larvae hide at the bases of leaves or near the base of the tree trunk when not feeding.

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References

  1. "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Protambulyx strigilis". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  2. "Protambulyx strigilis strigilis (Linnaeus, 1771)". Sphingidae of the Americas. July 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-26.