Isognathus menechus
| Isognathus menechus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Isognathus |
| Species: | I. menechus |
| Binomial name | |
| Isognathus menechus (Boisduval, 1875)[1] | |
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Isognathus menechus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Cuba to Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil.[2]
It is a heavy-bodied species. The upperside of the body and forewings has a bluish-grey cast and the bands on the upperside of the abdomen are well marked.[3]
There are probably multiple generations per year.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Himatanthus lancifolius. They have long tails and are very colourful, suggesting they are unpalatable to birds.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9 (10): 511–644.
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