Nyceryx stuarti

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: Nyceryx
Species: Nyceryx stuarti (Rothschild, 1894)

Nyceryx stuarti is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from Costa Rica and Peru to Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.[2]
Description

The wingspan is about 66 mm. It is similar to Nyceryx riscus, but larger and darker and the forewing apex is distinctly truncate.

Biology

Adults are probably on wing year round.

The larvae probably feed on Pentagonia donnell-smithii and Chimarrhis parviflora.
References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
"Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-09-20. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.