Aleuron carinata

Aleuron carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Aleuron
Species: A. carinata
Binomial name
Aleuron carinata
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Enyo carinata Walker, 1856
  • Gonenyo carinata
  • Aleuron carinatum
  • Tylognathus philampeloides Felder, 1874
  • Aleuron orophilos Boisduval, [1875]

Aleuron carinata is a moth of the Sphingidae family.[2] It was described by Walker in 1856, and is known from southern Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Belize and Ecuador.

The wingspan is 62–86 mm. Adults are on wing at least from July to January in Costa Rica and in June in Panama.[3]

The larvae feed on Doliocarpus dentatus, Curatella americana and probably other Dilleniaceae species.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. "''Aleuron'' at funet.fi". Nic.funet.fi. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  3. "silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.