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Protambulyx strigilis (Linnaeus, 1771)

Имаго Protambulyx strigilis

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Smerinthinae → tribe Ambulycini → genus Protambulyx → species Protambulyx strigilis

Species name(s)

Protambulyx strigilis (Linnaeus, 1771) = Sphinx strigilis Linnaeus, 1771 = portoricensis Clark, 1931 = turarem Lichy, 1943 = Protambulyx carteri Rothschild and Jordan 1903. [9, 186]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:66006

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Nearctic, Neotropic.

Wingspan

108—134 mm.

Имаго Protambulyx strigilis

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina [PC93].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan: 108 - 134 mm. [135].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Anacardiaceae: Spondias dulcis, Spondias mombin, Spondias purpurea, Spondias cytherea, Astronium graveolens, Anacardium occidentale, Erythroxylon, Comocladia dodonea, Comocladia dentata
    Simaroubaceae: Simarouba glauca, Simarouba amara [PC93].

Subspecies of Protambulyx strigilis

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

Comments

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22.10.2014 7:58, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Previously, the information was introduced here as a personal message from the source, using which, I am now added wingspan: http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/indexos.htm
Now this source is in the database and must be corrected.

22.10.2014 7:52, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 108—134 mm.

19.03.2014 19:51, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Zoogeographical regions: No formalized data → Nearctic, Neotropic.

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