Isognathus rimosa
Species of moth
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Isognathus rimosa, the rimosus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Isognathus |
| Species: | I. rimosa |
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| Isognathus rimosa | |
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Distribution
It is known from tropical climates from northern Brazil north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Arizona.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 70–102 mm.
Female - Dorsal side
Female - △ Ventral side
Biology
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.
Subspecies
- Isognathus rimosa rimosa (northern Brazil north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Arizona)
- Isognathus rimosa inclitus Edwards, 1887 (Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Isognathus rimosa jamaicensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Jamaica)
- Isognathus rimosa molitor Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Haiti)
- Isognathus rimosa papayae (Boisduval, 1875) (French Guiana and from Venezuela to Brazil)
- Isognathus rimosa wolcotti Clark, 1922 (Puerto Rico)
Isognathus rimosa inclitus Male dorsal side
Isognathus rimosa inclitus Male △ Ventral side
Isognathus rimosa inclitus Female dorsal
Isognathus rimosa inclitus Female ventral
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Isognathus rimosa papayae ♂
Isognathus rimosa papayae ♂ △
Isognathus rimosa papayae ♀
Isognathus rimosa papayae ♀ △
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