Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Erinnyis impunctata | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Erinnyis Rank Species | |
Similar Erinnyis lassauxii, Erinnyis oenotrus, Erinnyis crameri, Erinnyis obscura, Erinnyis alope | ||
Erinnyis impunctata is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan, in 1903. It is known from Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela.
Adults are probably on wing year round, they have been reported in January in Argentina. Adults nectar at flowers.
The larvae feed on Carica papaya, Jatropha and Allamanda species.
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