''Adhemarius palmeri'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar ...

first described by

Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société ento ...

in 1875.

Distribution

It is found from

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

into most of

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

Description

The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is 99–124 mm. The species probably broods continuously, with records indicating adults are on wing from March to July and again in October. Adhemarius palmeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 423 Paineiras Corcovado, Rio, Bresil, male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal Adhemarius palmeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 423 Paineiras Corcovado, Rio, Bresil, male ventral.jpg, Male ventral Adhemarius palmeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 423, Tingo Maria, Perou, female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal Adhemarius palmeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 423, Tingo Maria, Perou, female ventral.jpg, Female ventral

Biology

The larvae probably feed on ''

Ocotea veraguensis ''Ocotea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. Many are evergreen trees with lauroid leaves. There are over 520 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of t ...

'', ''

Ocotea atirrensis ''Ocotea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. Many are evergreen trees with lauroid leaves. There are over 520 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of t ...

'' and ''

Ocotea dendrodaphne ''Ocotea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. Many are evergreen trees with lauroid leaves. There are over 520 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of t ...

''.

References

External links

"''Adhemarius palmeri''"
''Sphingidae of the Americas''. Archived February 13, 2009. Adhemarius Moths described in 1875 Sphingidae of South America Moths of Central America Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Ambulycini-stub