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Pachylioides resumens (False Fig Sphinx Moth)

Synonyms: Pachylioides inconspicua; Pachylioides tristis; Pachylioides versuta

Wikipedia Abstract

Pachylioides resumens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay north through Central America (including Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico) and the West Indies. Occasional strays can be found up to southern Texas and south-eastern Wyoming. The wingspan is 63–102 mm. The forewing tip is hooked and the upperside of the forewing is gray-brown with dark brown incomplete wavy lines and dark brown and orange shading. The upperside of the hindwing has orange shading and dark brown patches at the tip and in the center.
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Prey / Diet

Echites umbellatus (devil's potato)[1]
Ficus carica (piku)[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