''Unzela pronoe'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1894. It is found from Belize,

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

and

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

to Venezuela and south to

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. 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 probably feed on ''

Vitis tiliifolia ''Vitis tiliifolia'' is a New World liana in the grape family commonly known as Caribbean grape. Other names include West Indian grape, water vine, Agrá and Bejuco de Agua (in Costa Rica) and (in Belizean Creole) water tie-tie and water-wis ...

'' and other

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, such as '' Vitis'', '' Cissus rhombifolia'' and ''

Ampelopsis ''Ampelopsis'', commonly known as peppervine or porcelainberry, is a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae. The name is derived from the grc, ἅμπελος (''ampelos''), which means "vine". The genus was named in 1803. It is ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

Curatella americana ''Curatella americana'', commonly known as the wild cashew tree, sambaı́ba, and the sandpaper tree, is a species of tree in the family Dilleniaceae. It is the sole accepted species in genus ''Curatella''. Description ''Curatella americana'' is ...

'', '' Tetracera hydrophila'' and '' Doliocarpus multiflorus''. '' Ludwigia'' of the family Onagraceae might also be a host plant.

Subspecies

*''Unzela pronoe pronoe'' (Belize, Guatemala and Honduras to Venezuela and south to Bolivia) *''Unzela pronoe fuscatus'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Brazil)

References

Dilophonotini Moths described in 1894 Taxa named by Herbert Druce Sphingidae of South America {{Dilophonotini-stub