Protambulyx eurycles (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Smerinthinae → tribe Ambulycini → genus Protambulyx → species Protambulyx eurycles
Species name(s)
Protambulyx eurycles (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) = eurycles (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) = Protambulyx xanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 = fasciatus Gehlen, 1928 = rydbergi Gehlen, 1933 = australis Clark, 1937. [9]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:66004
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico [PC93].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Anacardiaceae: Spondias dulcis, Spondias mombin, Astronium graveolens, Erythroxylon, Comocladia
Simaroubaceae: Simarouba glauca, Simarouba amara [PC93].
Subspecies of Protambulyx eurycles
- Protambulyx xanthus australis Clark, 1937. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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