Stolidoptera tachasara

Stolidoptera tachasara
	Male
	Male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Stolidoptera
Species:	S. tachasara
Binomial name
	Stolidoptera tachasara; (H. Druce, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
	Aleuron tachasara H. Druce, 1888;

Stolidoptera tachasara is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1888.

Distribution

It is found from Mexico and Central America (including Guatemala, Panama and Costa Rica) south into northern South America to Venezuela and now as far south as Bolivia.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 79–92 mm. It is a distinctive species, with a broad lobe on the costal margin of the hindwing that projects beyond the edge of the forewing when at rest.

Female dorsal view
Female ventral view

Biology

Adults are on wing nearly year round (except March and December) in Costa Rica.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Thalia geniculata and Prunus annularis.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
"Stolidoptera tachasara". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] "Stolidoptera tachasara". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2011-10-19.