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Aellopos
The genus ''Aellopos'' consists of large day-flying moths in the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species in this genus occur from Maine in the United States through Central America and down to Argentina and Uruguay in South America. Species *''Aellopos blaini'' (Herrich-Schaffer, 1869) *''Aellopos ceculus'' (Cramer, 1777) *''Aellopos clavipes'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) – clavipes sphinx moth *''Aellopos fadus'' (Cramer, 1775) – Fadus sphinx moth *''Aellopos tantalus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tantalus sphinx moth *''Aellopos titan'' (Cramer, 1777) – Titan sphinx moth Aellopos ceculus MHNT CUT 2010 0 309 Todos Santos Chapare Bolivia male.jpg, ''Aellopos ceculus'' Aellopos clavipes MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Mazatlán Mexico male.jpg, ''Aellopos clavipes'' Aellopos fadus MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Manicoré Amazonas Brazil male.jpg, ''Aellopos fadus'' Aellopos tantalus MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico male.jpg, ''Aellopos ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aellopos
The genus ''Aellopos'' consists of large day-flying moths in the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species in this genus occur from Maine in the United States through Central America and down to Argentina and Uruguay in South America. Species *''Aellopos blaini'' (Herrich-Schaffer, 1869) *''Aellopos ceculus'' (Cramer, 1777) *''Aellopos clavipes'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) – clavipes sphinx moth *''Aellopos fadus'' (Cramer, 1775) – Fadus sphinx moth *''Aellopos tantalus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tantalus sphinx moth *''Aellopos titan'' (Cramer, 1777) – Titan sphinx moth Aellopos ceculus MHNT CUT 2010 0 309 Todos Santos Chapare Bolivia male.jpg, ''Aellopos ceculus'' Aellopos clavipes MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Mazatlán Mexico male.jpg, ''Aellopos clavipes'' Aellopos fadus MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Manicoré Amazonas Brazil male.jpg, ''Aellopos fadus'' Aellopos tantalus MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico male.jpg, ''Aellopos ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aellopos Titan
''Aellopos titan'', the Titan sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. Distribution It has been found all the way from Maine in the United States through Central America and south to Argentina and Uruguay in South America. Description The wingspan is 55–65 mm. The body is dark brown with a wide white stripe across the abdomen. The wings are dark brown and the upperside of the forewing has a black spot at the end of the cell and two bands of translucent white spots. The upperside of the hindwing has pale patches along the costa and inner margin. Aellopos titan MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Minas Suriname male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal Aellopos titan MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Minas Suriname male ventral.jpg, Male ventral Aellopos titan MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Minas Suriname female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal Aellopos titan MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Minas Suriname female ventral.jpg, Female ventral Biology Adults are on wing year roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aellopos Ceculus
''Aellopos ceculus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It lives mainly in the northern section of South America but has known to be found as far north as Mexico. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is 42–47 mm. It can be distinguished from all other '' Aellopos'' species by the yellow median band found on the hindwing upperside. Aellopos ceculus MHNT CUT 2010 0 309 Todos Santos Chapare Bolivia male dorsal.jpg, ''Aellopos ceculus'' ♂ Aellopos ceculus MHNT CUT 2010 0 309 Todos Santos Chapare Bolivia male ventral.jpg, ''Aellopos ceculus'' ♂ △ Aellopos ceculus MHNT CUT 2010 0 309 Diehl Sumatra female dorsal.jpg, ''Aellopos ceculus'' ♀ Aellopos ceculus MHNT CUT 2010 0 309 Diehl Sumatra female ventral.jpg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aellopos Fadus
''Aellopos fadus'', the Fadus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776. Distribution It lives in Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ... and the northern part of South America. Description The wingspan is 57–60 mm. Aellopos fadus MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Manicoré Amazonas Brazil male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal Aellopos fadus MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Manicoré Amazonas Brazil male ventral.jpg, Male ventral Aellopos fadus MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Rio veruellio Amazonas Brazil female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal Aellopos fadus MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Rio veruellio Amazonas Brazil female ventral.jpg, Female ventral Biology Adults are on wing year round in the tropics. They feed on nectar from various flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aellopos Blaini
''Aellopos blaini'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated .... It can be distinguished from all other '' Aellopos'' species with an entirely black hindwing upperside by the lack of a transverse white band on abdominal tergite four. The hindwing upperside is entirely black. The larvae feed on Rubiaceae species. References External links Moths of Jamaica Aellopos Moths described in 1869 Moths of the Caribbean Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer {{Dilophonotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aellopos Tantalus
''Aellopos tantalus'', known as the Tantalus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Florida, the Antilles, from Mexico to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname, and in the Amazon basin. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing year-round. The adults feed on nectar of various flowers, including ''Eugenia axillaris'', ''Draceana fragrans'' and ''Ernodea littoralis''. The larvae feed on Rubiaceae species, including ''Casasia clusiifolia'' and ''Randia aculeata''. Pupation takes place in loose cocoons in shallow underground chambers or in leaf litter. Subspecies *''Aellopos tantalus tantalus'' *''Aellopos tantalus zonata'' (Drury, 1773) (St. Kitts and Mexico) References External links"''Aellopos tantalus'' (Linnaeus 1758)" ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles''."Tantalus sphinx ''Aellopos tantalus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)" ''Butterflies and Moths of North America''. Aellopos Moths described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Moths of North Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aellopos Clavipes
''Aellopos clavipes'', also known as the clavipes sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It lives mainly in Central America but ranges from Venezuela to California, Arizona, and Texas in the United States. Aellopos clavipes MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Mazatlán Mexico female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal Aellopos clavipes MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Mazatlán Mexico female ventral.jpg, Female ventral Biology Adults are on wing from May to December in Costa Rica. There are probably three main generations with adults on wing in December, from April to May and in September. The larvae feed on various Rubiaceae species, including '' Randia rhagocarpa'', '' Randia monantha'', ''Randia aculeata'', ''Guettarda macrosperma ''Guettarda'' is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed. Estimates of the number of species range from about 50 Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''Th ...'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilophonotini
Dilophonotini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Taxonomy * Subtribe Dilophonotina Burmeister, 1878 ** Genus '' Aellopos'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus '' Aleuron'' Boisduval, 1870 ** Genus ''Baniwa'' Lichy, 1981 ** Genus '' Callionima'' Lucas, 1857 ** Genus '' Cautethia'' Grote, 1865 ** Genus ''Enyo'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus ''Erinnyis'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus '' Eupyrrhoglossum'' Grote, 1865 ** Genus '' Hemeroplanes'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus '' Himantoides'' Butler, 1876 ** Genus ''Isognathus'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 ** Genus '' Kloneus'' Skinner, 1923 ** Genus '' Madoryx'' Boisduval, 1875 ** Genus ''Nyceryx'' Boisduval, 1875 ** Genus ''Oryba'' Walker, 1856 ** Genus ''Pachygonidia'' D. S. Fletcher, 1982 ** Genus ''Pachylia'' Walker, 1856 ** Genus ''Pachylioides'' Hodges, 1971 ** Genus ''Perigonia'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 ** Genus '' Phryxus'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus '' Protaleuron'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 ** Genus ''Pseudosphinx'' Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantanal
The Pantanal () is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay. It sprawls over an area estimated at between . Various subregional ecosystems exist, each with distinct hydrological, geological and ecological characteristics; up to 12 of them have been defined.Susan Mcgrath, photos by Joel Sartore, ''Brazil's Wild Wet'', National Geographic Magazine, August 2005 Roughly 80% of the Pantanal floodplains are submerged during the rainy seasons, nurturing a biologically diverse collection of aquatic plants and helping to support a dense array of animal species. Etymology The name "Pantanal" comes from the Portuguese word ''pântano'' that means "big wetland", "big bog", "big swamp", "big quagmire" or "big marsh" plus the suffix ''-al'', that means "abundance, agglomeratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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