Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Baniwa yavitensis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Macroglossinae Rank Genus | |
Similar Hayesiana triopus, Callionima inuus, Sataspes, Eumorpha analis, Eupanacra | ||
Baniwa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Baniwa yavitensis, which is known from Venezuela and Amazonas and Pará in Brazil.
It is similar to the Perigonia species but distinguishable by its unique forewing pattern, consisting of a large chocolate-brown patch on the inner margin below the discal cell on the upperside. The apex of the discal cell is marked with a row of three small dots. The pale pink-brown basal three-quarters of the wing are separated from the darker brown apical quarter by a straight, diagonal postmedian line. The basal half of hindwing upperside is pale yellow, distally merging gradually into a pale brown median band and then into a darker brown marginal band.
There are probably multiple generations per year. Adults have been recorded in July in Brazil.