Isognathus rimosa

Isognathus rimosa, the rimosus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is known from tropical climates from northern Brazil north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Arizona.[2]

Rimosus sphinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Isognathus
Species:	I. rimosa
Binomial name
Isognathus rimosa (Grote, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
Erinnyis rimosa Grote, 1865 Erinnyis congratulans Grote, 1865 Anceryx pelops Boisduval, 1875 Anceryx mnechus Herrich-Schäffer, 1863 Anceryx andae Grote & Robinson, 1868 Anceryx silenus Grote & Robinson, 1868 Isognathus laura Butler, 1876 Isognathus rimosa woodi Ramsden, 1916 Anceryx rimosa papayae Boisduval, 1875

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.

There are multiple generations per year in the tropics. In Arizona, adults have been recorded in August. They feed on flower nectar, including petunias.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Plumeria rubra in Cuba and Plumeria alba, Plumeria obtusa and Plumeria rubra in Puerto Rico.