| Pachylia syces | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Pachylia |
| Species: | P. syces |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachylia syces (Hubner, 1819)[1] |
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Pachylia syces is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico through Belize and Honduras to Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina.[2] It is also found on Jamaica.
There is a pale median band on the forewing upperside which is separated into two patches. Occasionally the patches are connected into a continuous transverse band, but if so, the band so formed is strongly constricted. The hindwing upperside is almost unicolorous, darkened distally, without distinct bands and with a conspicuous white tip.
There are probably multiple generations per year.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ficus microcarpa, Ficus prinoides, Ficus ovalis and Artocarpus integrifolia.