Biology:Eumorpha satellitia

Satellite sphinx
	Dosral view
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Eumorpha
Species:	E. satellitia
Binomial name
	Eumorpha satellitia; (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
	Sphinx satellitia licaon Philampelus satellitia posticatus; Sphinx satellitia Linnaeus, 1771 ; Cary, 1951 Grote, 1865 ; Pholus satellitia excessus Pholus macasensis; Gehlen, 1926 Cramer, 1775 ; Pholus cinnamomea Clark, 1922 ; Brou, 1980 Pholus satellitia rosea;

Short description: Species of moth

Eumorpha satellitia, the satellite sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The family was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It lives from Brazil and northern Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to south Texas and southern Arizona.^[2]

The wingspan is 114–134 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August and then again in October. They feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Petunia hybrida, Saponaria officinalis and Lychnis alba.

The larvae feed on Cissus pseudosicyoides and Cissus rhombifolia. Pupation takes place underground.

Subspecies

Eumorpha satellitia satellitia (Jamaica and from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala to Ecuador and further south into Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay)
Eumorpha satellitia excessus (Gehlen, 1926) (Brazil)
Eumorpha satellitia licaon (Cramer, 1775) (extreme southern Texas, Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica south to Brazil to Bolivia and Paraguay)
Eumorpha satellitia posticatus (Grote, 1865) (Cuba and the Bahamas)