Biology:Isognathus menechus
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Short description: Species of moth
| Isognathus menechus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Isognathus |
| Species: | I. menechus
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| Binomial name | |
| Isognathus menechus (Boisduval, 1875)[1]
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Isognathus menechus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from Cuba to Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil .[2]
Description
It is a heavy-bodied species. The upperside of the body and forewings has a bluish-grey cast and the bands on the upperside of the abdomen are well marked.[3]
Biology
There are probably multiple generations per year.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Himatanthus lancifolius.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111084828/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Isognathus/menechus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010191155/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/imenechu.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9 (10): 511–644. https://archive.org/stream/revisionofhetero00butl#page/572/mode/2up/.
Wikidata ☰ Q957487 entry
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