Pachylioides
Appearance
(Redirected from Pachylioides resumens)
Pachylioides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subtribe: | Dilophonotina |
Genus: | Pachylioides Hodges, 1971 |
Species: | P. resumens
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Binomial name | |
Pachylioides resumens | |
Synonyms | |
Pachylioides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ronald W. Hodges in 1971. Its only species, Pachylioides resumens, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Distribution
[edit]It is found from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay north through Central America (including Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico) and the West Indies.
Biology
[edit]Adults are on wing in several generations in the tropics.
The larvae feed on Echites umbellata, Ficus carica and other Ficus species.
Gallery
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Male dorsal view
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Male ventral view
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Female dorsal view
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Female ventral view
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Pachylioides.
- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Pachylioides resumens (Walker, 1856)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 21, 2018.