''Enyo cavifer'' is a species of
moth in the family
Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan, in 1903.
Distribution
It is found from
Central America (including
Mexico and
Belize south) to
Guatemala
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,
Costa Rica
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,
Venezuela,
French Guiana,
Brazil,
Peru,
Bolivia
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and
Colombia
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.
Description
The
wingspan is 60–62 mm.
Enyo cavifer MHNT CUT 2010 0 527 - Cordillera de Lumbaquí Ecuador - female dorsal.jpg, ''Enyo cavifer'' ♀
Enyo cavifer MHNT CUT 2010 0 527 - Cordillera de Lumbaquí Ecuador - female ventral.jpg, ''Enyo cavifer'' ♀ △
Biology
Adults are probably on wing in two to three generations per year. They have been recorded from May to June, August to September and from December to January in Costa Rica, in February in French Guiana and in January in Peru.
The larvae feed on ''
Cissus aff. biformifolia'', ''
Vitis tiliifolia
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Bejuco de Agua (in Costa Rica) and (in Belizean Creole) water tie-tie and water-wis ...
'' and other
Vitaceae species.
References
Enyo (moth)
Moths described in 1903
Moths of South America
Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
Taxa named by Karl Jordan
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