Aleuron carinata

Aleuron carinata
Aleuron carinata ♂
Aleuron carinata ♂ △
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Aleuron
Species: A. carinata
Binomial name
Aleuron carinata
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Enyo carinata Walker, 1856
  • Gonenyo carinata
  • Aleuron carinatum
  • Tylognathus philampeloides Felder, 1874
  • Aleuron orophilos Boisduval, [1875]

Aleuron carinata is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It was described by Francis Walker in 1856

Distribution

Is known from southern Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Belize and Ecuador.

Description

The wingspan is 62–86 mm. Adults are on wing at least from July to January in Costa Rica and in June in Panama.[3]

Biology

The larvae feed on Doliocarpus dentatus, Curatella americana and probably other Dilleniaceae species.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ↑ "Aleuron". Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  3. ↑ "silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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