Stolidoptera tachasara
| Stolidoptera tachasara | |
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| Stolidoptera tachasara ♂ | |
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| Stolidoptera tachasara ♂ △ | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Stolidoptera |
| Species: | S. tachasara |
| Binomial name | |
| Stolidoptera tachasara (Druce, 1888)[1] | |
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Stolidoptera tachasara is a moth of the Sphingidae family.
Distribution
It is found from Mexico and Central America (including Guatemala, Panama and Costa Rica) south into northern South America to Venezuela and now as far south as Bolivia.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 79–92 mm. It is a distinctive species, with a broad lobe on the costal margin of the hindwing that projects beyond the edge of the forewing when at rest.
Female dorsale
Female ventral
Biology
Adults are on wing nearly year round (except March and December) in Costa Rica.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Thalia geniculata and Prunus annularis.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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