''Adhemarius ypsilon'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903''Adhemarius ypsilon''
''Sphingidae of the Americas'' and is known from

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

, Mexico, Belize,

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, Nicaragua, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, and

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. The wingspan is 89–117 mm for males and 107–126 mm for females. In Costa Rica, moths in this species take flight year round. The larvae feed on several species in the plant genus '' Ocotea'' (including ''

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 ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', '' Ocotea sarah'' 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 ...

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References

Y Moths of North America Moths of Central America Sphingidae of South America Moths described in 1903 {{Ambulycini-stub