Enyo lugubris (Linnaeus, 1771)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Dilophonotini → subtribe Dilophonotina → genus Enyo → species Enyo lugubris
Species name(s)
Enyo lugubris (Linnaeus, 1771) = Sphinx lugubris Linnaeus, 1771 = Sphinx fegeus Cramer, [1780] = Epistor luctuosus Boisduval, [1875]. [9]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:66289
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Nearctic, Neotropic.
Wingspan
50—60 mm.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, United States from Arizona on east to Florida and north to South Carolina [135].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 50 - 60 mm. [135].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Vitis, Cissus, Ampelopsis [135].
Subspecies of Enyo lugubris
- Enyo lugubris delanoi (Kernbach, 1962). [9]
- E. l. latipennis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. [187]
- E. l. lugubris. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [135] http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/indexos.htm
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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