''Pachygonidia subhamata'' is a
moth of the family
Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from
Brazil,
Venezuela and
Ecuador north through
Central America (
Panama,
Costa Rica
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,
Nicaragua,
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 ...
,
Guatemala
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,
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
and
Belize) to
Mexico.
Description
The
wingspan is 62–75 mm. There is a grey-brown submarginal patch on the forewing upperside and two median transverse pinkish-buff bands on the hindwing upperside. These band are more or less shaded with brown and the pink tint is mostly not prominent.
Biology
There are probably multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on ''
Vitis tiliifolia
''Vitis tiliifolia'' is a New World liana in the grape family commonly known as Caribbean grape. Other names include West Indian grape, water vine, Agrá and
Bejuco de Agua (in Costa Rica) and (in Belizean Creole) water tie-tie and water-wis ...
''.
References
Pachygonidia
Moths described in 1856
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
Sphingidae of South America
Moths of Central America
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