Nyceryx stuarti

Nyceryx stuarti
Nyceryx stuarti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nyceryx
Species: N. stuarti
Binomial name
Nyceryx stuarti
(Rothschild, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pachygonia stuarti Rothschild, 1894

Nyceryx stuarti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Costa Rica and Peru to Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.[2]

The wingspan is about 66 mm. It is similar to Nyceryx riscus, but larger and darker and the forewing apex is distinctly truncate.

Adults are probably on wing year round.

The larvae probably feed on Pentagonia donnell-smithii and Chimarrhis parviflora.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Nyceryx/stuarti.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-09-20. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/nstuarti.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
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