Eumorpha satellitia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eumorpha

Eumorpha satellitia (satellite sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It lives from Brazil and northern Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to south Texas and southern Arizona.

The wingspan is 114–134 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August and then again in October. They feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Petunia hybrida, Saponaria officinalis and Lychnis alba.

The larvae feed on Cissus pseudosicyoides and Cissus rhombifolia. Pupation takes place underground.

Subspecies

Eumorpha satellitia satellitia (Jamaica and from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala to Ecuador and further south into Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay)

Eumorpha satellitia excessus (Gehlen, 1926) (Brazil)

Eumorpha satellitia licaon (Cramer, 1775) (extreme southern Texas, Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica south to Brazil to Bolivia and Paraguay)

Eumorpha satellitia posticatus (Grote, 1865) (Cuba and the Bahamas)

References

Eumorpha satellitia Wikipedia

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