Adhemarius palmeri
Appearance
| Adhemarius palmeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Adhemarius |
| Species: | A. palmeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Adhemarius palmeri | |
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Adhemarius palmeri is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.
Distribution
[edit]It is found from Costa Rica into most of South America.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 99–124 mm. The species probably broods continuously, with records indicating adults are on wing from March to July and again in October.
- Male dorsal
- Male ventral
- Female dorsal
- Female ventral
Biology
[edit]The larvae probably feed on Ocotea veraguensis, Ocotea atirrensis and Ocotea dendrodaphne.
References
[edit]- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
External links
[edit]- "Adhemarius palmeri". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived February 13, 2009.