Pachylioides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ronald W. Hodges in 1971. Its only species, Pachylioides resumens, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Pachylioides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subtribe: | Dilophonotina |
Genus: | Pachylioides Hodges, 1971 |
Species: | P. resumens
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Binomial name | |
Pachylioides resumens | |
Synonyms | |
Distribution edit
It is found from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay north through Central America (including Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico) and the West Indies.
Biology edit
Adults are on wing in several generations in the tropics.
The larvae feed on Echites umbellata, Ficus carica and other Ficus species.
Gallery edit
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Male dorsal view
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Male ventral view
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Female dorsal view
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Female ventral view
References edit
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links edit
Wikispecies has information related to Pachylioides.
- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Pachylioides resumens (Walker, 1856)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 21, 2018.