Isognathus rimosa
Appearance
Rimosus sphinx | |
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Isognathus rimosa rimosa male dorsal | |
Isognathus rimosa rimosa male ventral | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Isognathus |
Species: | I. rimosa
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Binomial name | |
Isognathus rimosa | |
Synonyms | |
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Isognathus rimosa, the rimosus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865.
Distribution
[edit]It is known from tropical climates from northern Brazil north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Arizona.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 70–102 mm.
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Female - Dorsal side
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Female - △ Ventral side
Biology
[edit]There are multiple generations per year in the tropics. In Arizona, adults have been recorded in August. They feed on flower nectar, including petunias.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Plumeria rubra in Cuba and Plumeria alba, Plumeria obtusa and Plumeria rubra in Puerto Rico.
Subspecies
[edit]- Isognathus rimosa rimosa (northern Brazil north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Arizona)
- Isognathus rimosa inclitus Edwards, 1887 (Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Isognathus rimosa jamaicensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Jamaica)
- Isognathus rimosa molitor Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Haiti)
- Isognathus rimosa papayae (Boisduval, 1875) (French Guiana and from Venezuela to Brazil)
- Isognathus rimosa wolcotti Clark, 1922 (Puerto Rico)
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Isognathus rimosa inclitus Male dorsal side
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Isognathus rimosa inclitus Male △ Ventral side
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Isognathus rimosa inclitus Female dorsal
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Isognathus rimosa inclitus Female ventral
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Isognathus rimosa papayae ♂
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Isognathus rimosa papayae ♂ △
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Isognathus rimosa papayae ♀
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Isognathus rimosa papayae ♀ △
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ "Isognathus rimosa rimosa (Grote, 1865) Erinnyis rimosa". Silkmoths. 2011-05-14. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isognathus rimosus.
- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Rimosus sphinx Isognathus rimosa (Grote, 1865)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 21, 2018.