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(Redirected from Eumorpha fasciata) Species of moth

Banded sphinx moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Eumorpha
Species: E. fasciatus
Binomial name
Eumorpha fasciatus
(Sulzer, 1776)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx fasciatus Sulzer, 1776
  • Sphynx strigilis Vogel, 1822
  • Eumorpha jussieuae Hübner, 1816
  • Pholus fasciatus tupaci Kernbach, 1962

Eumorpha fasciatus, the banded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Johann Heinrich Sulzer in 1776.

Distribution

It is found from northern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, north through Central America (Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) to southern California and southern Arizona, east to Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and South Carolina. Strays can be found north up to Missouri, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Nova Scotia. It is also found in the Caribbean.

Description

  • Male dorsal view Male dorsal view
  • Male ventral view Male ventral view

Biology

Adults are on wing year round in the tropics, but in the north, there are at least two generations with adults on wing from the end of May to July and the end of August to October in South Carolina and from May to October in Louisiana. Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar of Crinum, Catharanthus roseus, Petunia and Saponaria officinalis.

The larvae feed on Ludwigia (including L. decurrens, L. erecta, L. leptocarpa, L. octovalvis, L. peruviana and L. repens), Cissus verticillata, Fuchsia hybrida, Magnolia virginiana, Parthenocissus and Vitis species. The larvae are highly variable in patterning and depth of color. Pupation takes place in burrows.

Subspecies

  • Eumorpha fasciatus fasciatus
  • Eumorpha fasciatus tupaci (Kernbach, 1962) (Galápagos Islands)

Gallery

  • Larva Larva
  • Larva, green variation Larva, green variation
  • Larva, pink variation Larva, pink variation
  • Larva, black variation Larva, black variation
  • Larva, red variation Larva, red variation
  • Larva, multi-colored variation Larva, multi-colored variation
  • Pre-pupation color change Pre-pupation color change
  • Mid pupation Mid pupation
  • Freshly pupated Freshly pupated
  • Pupa Pupa
  • Imago (adult moth) back view Imago (adult moth) back view
  • Imago side view Imago side view
  • Larva on Ludwigia peruviana Larva on Ludwigia peruviana

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. "Eumorpha fasciatus fasciatus". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

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Taxon identifiers
Eumorpha fasciatus


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