''Nyceryx nictitans'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Sphingidae. It is found from

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 ...

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, th ...

and in

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and

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

. It can be distinguished from other ''

Nyceryx ''Nyceryx'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Species *'' Nyceryx alophus'' (Boisduval, 1875) *'' Nyceryx brevis'' Becker, 2001 *'' Nyceryx coffaeae'' ( Walker, 1856) *'' Nyc ...

'' species by the hindwing upperside, which has an orange base, a dark brown marginal band of even width and the lack of semitransparent spots. There are two or three thin, black, but distinct lines on the underside of the abdomen. Adults are probably on wing year round. The larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Aspidosperma macrocarpa''.

Subspecies

*''Nyceryx nictitans nictitans'' (Brazil to Argentina) *''Nyceryx nictitans saturata'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Peru and Bolivia)

References

Nyceryx Moths described in 1875 {{Dilophonotini-stub