''Unzela japix'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico to the

Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

. There are also records from

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

and north-western and south-eastern Venezuela. The wingspan is 44 mm. There are probably two to three generations per year with adults recorded from May to June, August to September and from December to January. The larvae possibly feed on

Vitaceae The Vitaceae are a family of flowering plants, with 14 genera and around 910 known species, including common plants such as grapevines (''Vitis'' spp.) and Virginia creeper (''Parthenocissus quinquefolia''). The family name is derived from the ge ...

and Dilleniaceae species. It has also been recorded from '' Pinzona coriacea'' and ''

Tetracera volubilis ''Tetracera'' is a genus of flowering plants of the Dilleniaceae family native to the tropics. Several species are lianas. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes: # '' Tetracera affinis'' Hutch. # '' Tetracera akara'' (Bur ...

''.

Subspecies

*''Unzela japix japix'' (Mexico to Amazonia, Surinam and Venezuela) *''Unzela japix discrepans'' Walker, 1856 (Brazil and Argentina)

References

Dilophonotini Moths described in 1776 Taxa named by Pieter Cramer Sphingidae of South America {{Dilophonotini-stub