Protambulyx

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Protambulyx
Preparation of Protambulyx strigilis

Preparation of Protambulyx strigilis

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Swarmers (Sphingidae)
Subfamily : Smerinthinae
Genre : Protambulyx
Scientific name
Protambulyx
Rothschild & Jordan , 1903

Protambulyx is a genus within the butterfly family of swarmers (Sphingidae).

features

The relatively large moths have slender bodies and narrow wings, which are colored in different shades of yellow, gold and brown. The wings are more acute-angled and have a slightly inwardly curved wing tip. Unlike most of the other species in the subfamily, their proboscis is fairly well developed. Some species are known to suckle nectar from flowers.

The eggs are very large in relation to the size of the moths. As far as is known, the caterpillars have the typical build of the subfamily, with a slender body that tapers forward to a pointed head. There are oblique stripes on the sides of the abdomen.

The pupation takes place in a loose cocoon instead of near the surface in the ground. The pupae have a recessed trunk sheath.

Occurrence

The genus is neotropically distributed, two species, Protambulyx strigilis and Protambulyx carteri , also occur in southern Florida .

Systematics

Eight species of the genus are known worldwide, whereby Tuttle saw the eighth species Protambulyx carteri, which was recorded by Kitching & Cadiuo (2000), as a color morph of Protambulyx strigilis and synonymized it with this species, which Heppner (2008) reversed and the taxon back into the species rank posed.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e James P. Tuttle: The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-0-9796633-0- 7 .
  2. ↑ a b protambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, accessed on 1 July 2015 .

literature

  • James P. Tuttle: The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-0-9796633-0-7 .

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