''Lintneria lugens'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) 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, bu ...

Distribution

It is known from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

and

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

Description

It is similar to ''

Lintneria eremitus ''Lintneria eremitus'', the hermit sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found in the temperate areas of the eastern United States, north into southern Canada over the Great P ...

'', but larger. There are small black spots on the pale abdomen underside. The forewing upperside is blackish grey and there are two narrow, faint median bands on the forewing underside. Lintneria lugens - MHNT Cut 2010 0 472 - Mexico Mexique - Female dorsal.jpg, ''Lintneria lugens'' ♀ Lintneria lugens - MHNT Cut 2010 0 472 - Mexico Mexique - Female ventral.jpg, ''Lintneria lugens'' ♀ △

Biology

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from July to September. The larvae feed on '' Wigandia urens''.

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Life Cycle Description
Lintneria Moths described in 1856 Sphingidae of South America Moths of South America {{Sphinginae-stub