Biology:Pachygonidia subhamata
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Pachygonidia subhamata female dorsal | |
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| Pachygonidia subhamata female ventral | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Pachygonidia |
| Species: | P. subhamata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachygonidia subhamata (Walker, 1856)[1]
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Pachygonidia subhamata is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from Brazil , Venezuela and Ecuador north through Central America (Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Belize) to Mexico.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 62–75 mm. There is a grey-brown submarginal patch on the forewing upperside and two median transverse pinkish-buff bands on the hindwing upperside. These band are more or less shaded with brown and the pink tint is mostly not prominent.
Biology
There are probably multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on Vitis tiliifolia.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112042952/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Pachygonidia/subhamata.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-03-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204507/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/psubhama.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
Wikidata ☰ Q1874438 entry
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