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Isognathus rimosa

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Wikipedia Abstract

Isognathus rimosa (rimosus sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from tropical climates from northern Brazil north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Arizona. The wingspan is 70–102 mm. The upperside of the female forewing is mostly gray brown on the front half and dark brown on the rear half while the upperside of male forewing is yellow gray or gray brown. Both sexes have wavy dark markings. The upperside of the hindwing of both sexes is yellow with an incomplete dark border on the outer margin.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Plumeria alba (nosegaytree)[1]
Plumeria ekmanii (Singapore graveyard flower)[1]
Plumeria rubra (frangipani)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0