Isognathus rimosa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia : Macroglossinae
Tribus: Dilophonotini
Subtribus: Dilophonotina
Genus: Isognathus
Species: Isognathus rimosa
Subspecies: I. r. inclitus – I. r. jamaicensis – I. r. molitor – I. r. papayae – I. r. rimosa – I. r. wolcotti
Name

Isognathus rimosa (Grote, 1865)
Synonymy

Erinnyis rimosa Grote, 1865 (original combination)
Isognathus rimosa (Grote, 1865):

References

D'Abrera, B., 1986: Sphingidae Mundi. Hawk Moths of the World. Based on a Checklist by Alan Hayes and the collection he curated in the British Museum (Natural History), 1ª, Faringdon, Oxon., SN7 7DR United Kingdom, E.W. Classey Ltd., 1986, pp. 96-97. ISBN 086096 022 6
Clark, B.P. 1922. Twenty-five new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 8: 1-23. full article BHL. Reference page.

Isognathus rimosa, the rimosus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865.

Distribution

It is known from tropical climates from northern Brazil north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Arizona.[2]
Description

The wingspan is 70–102 mm. The upperside of the female forewing is mostly gray brown on the front half and dark brown on the rear half while the upperside of male forewing is yellow gray or gray brown. Both sexes have wavy dark markings. The upperside of the hindwing of both sexes is yellow with an incomplete dark border on the outer margin.

Female - Dorsal side

Female - △ Ventral side

Biology

There are multiple generations per year in the tropics. In Arizona, adults have been recorded in August. They feed on flower nectar, including petunias.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Plumeria rubra in Cuba and Plumeria alba, Plumeria obtusa and Plumeria rubra in Puerto Rico.
Subspecies

Isognathus rimosa rimosa (northern Brazil north through Central America, the West Indies and Mexico to southern Arizona)
Isognathus rimosa inclitus Edwards, 1887 (Mexico to Nicaragua)
Isognathus rimosa jamaicensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Jamaica)
Isognathus rimosa molitor Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Haiti)
Isognathus rimosa papayae (Boisduval, 1875) (French Guiana and from Venezuela to Brazil)
Isognathus rimosa wolcotti Clark, 1922 (Puerto Rico)

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
"Isognathus rimosa rimosa (Grote, 1865) Erinnyis rimosa". Silkmoths. 2011-05-14. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.