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Perigonia lusca

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Perigonia lusca, the half-blind sphinx or coffee sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Perigonia
Species:
P. lusca
Binomial name
Perigonia lusca
(Fabricius, 1777)[2]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx lusca Fabricius, 1777
  • Stenolophia tenebrosa R. Felder, 1874
  • Perigonia restituta Walker, 1865
  • Perigonia interrupta Walker, 1865
  • Macroglossa doto Schaufuss, 1870
  • Perigonia lusca major Clark, 1928
  • Perigonia lusca bahamensis Clark, 1919
  • Macroglossa doto Schaufuss, 1870
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Distribution

It is found from the northern tip of South America, through most of Central America, and northward to Florida in the United States.[3]

Description

The wingspan is 55–65 mm.[citation needed]

Biology

There are several generations per year in southern Florida. On the Galápagos Islands, adults are on wing in April and July. In the tropics, adults are probably on wing year round.[citation needed]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Guettarda macrosperma, Guettarda scabra, Coffea species (including Coffea arabica), Ilex krugiana, Ilex paraguariensis, Genipa americana, Rondeletia, Gonzalagunia species (including Gonzalagunia spicata) and Cinchona succirubra.[citation needed]

Subspecies and formes

  • Perigonia lusca lusca (Mexico to Panama and Honduras, Venezuela, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, southern United States)
  • Perigonia lusca continua Vázquez-G., 1959 (Revillagigedo Island and Soccoro Island in Mexico)
  • Perigonia lusca f. interrupta Walker, 1875

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