Nyceryx nictitans

Nyceryx nictitans
Nyceryx nictitans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nyceryx
Species: N. nictitans
Binomial name
Nyceryx nictitans
(Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Perigonia nictitans Boisduval, 1875
  • Perigonia subaurea Köhler, 1924
  • Nyceryx nictitans bryki Gehlen, 1929

Nyceryx nictitans is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Brazil to Argentina and in Peru and Bolivia. [2]

It can be distinguished from other Nyceryx species by the hindwing upperside, which has an orange base, a dark brown marginal band of even width and the lack of semitransparent spots. There are two or three thin, black, but distinct lines on the underside of the abdomen.

Adults are probably on wing year round.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Aspidosperma macrocarpa.

Subspecies

  • Nyceryx nictitans nictitans (Brazil to Argentina)
  • Nyceryx nictitans saturata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Peru and Bolivia)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Nyceryx/nictitans.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/nnictnic.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
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