Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Enyo ocypete | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Enyo Rank Species | |
 | ||
Similar Erinnyis oenotrus, Perigonia lusca, Enyo lugubris, Enyo gorgon, Pachylioides resumens | ||
Enyo ocypete is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from the southern United States, through Central America to Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
The wingspan is 60 mm. Adults are on wing year round in the tropics, southern Florida and Louisiana. They are on wing from August to November in the northern part of the range.
The larvae probably feed on Vitis tiliifolia and other Vitaceae and Dilleniaceae species, such as Vitis, Cissus rhombifolia and Ampelopsis, Tetracera volubilis, Curatella americana, Tetracera hydrophila and Doliocarpus multiflorus. Ludwigia of the Onagraceae family might also be a host plant.
References
Enyo ocypete Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA