Erinnyis obscura

Obscure sphinx
Erinnyis obscura - MHNT
Erinnyis obscura △ - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Erinnyis
Species: E. obscura
Binomial name
Erinnyis obscura
(Fabricius 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx obscura Fabricius, 1775
  • Sphinx picta Sepp, 1848
  • Sphinx rustica Schaller, 1788
  • Anceryx rhaebus Boisduval, 1870
  • Dilophonota festa Edwards, 1882
  • Erinnyis cinerosa Grote, 1865
  • Erinnyis domingonis (Butler, 1875)
  • Erinnyis domingonis pallescens Clark, 1936
  • Erinnyis obscura jamaicensis Clark, 1935

Erinnyis obscura (obscure sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It lives from the northern part of South America up to the central United States.

Erinnyis domingonis, now considered a synonym of Erinnyis obscura

The wingspan is 56–65 mm. Females have almost uniformly grey forewings with black markings on the basal half and near the center of the costa, although some are nearly all black. The upperside of the male forewing is pale gray with black markings and a black line in the center running from the base to about three-fourths of the wing length. In both sexes, the hindwing upperside is orange with a narrow black border.[2]

Adults are on wing year round in the tropics, southern Florida and southern Texas.

The caterpillars feed on various members of the Apocynaceae family, including Rauvolfia ligustrina, Rauvolfia tetraphylla, *Stemmadenia obovata, Philibertia, Cynanchum and Carica papaya as well as Asclepiadaceae and spurge species, including Blepharodon mucronatum, White vine (Sarcostemma clausum) and Morrenia odorata.

Subspecies

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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