Stolidoptera tachasara
| Stolidoptera tachasara | |
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| Genus species, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Stolidoptera |
| Species: | S. tachasara |
| Binomial name | |
| Stolidoptera tachasara (Druce, 1888)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stolidoptera tachasara is a moth of the Sphingidae family. 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]
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.
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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