Pachygonidia subhamata is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
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| Pachygonidia subhamata female dorsal | |
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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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| Pachygonidia subhamata | |
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Distribution
editIt 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
editThe 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
editThere are probably multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on Vitis tiliifolia.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-03-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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