Isognathus menechus

Isognathus menechus
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Isognathus
Species:	I. menechus
Binomial name
	Isognathus menechus; (Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
	Anceryx menechus Boisduval, 1875; Sphinx mnechus Ménétriés, 1857; Isognathus amazonicus Butler, 1876;

Isognathus menechus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from Cuba to Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil.[2]

Description

It is a heavy-bodied species. The upperside of the body and forewings has a bluish-grey cast and the bands on the upperside of the abdomen are well marked.[3]

Biology

There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Himatanthus lancifolius. They have long tails and are very colourful, suggesting they are unpalatable to birds.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
"Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 9 (10): 511–644.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[3] Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 9 (10): 511–644.