Adhemarius gannascus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Adhemarius |
| Species: | A. gannascus
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Adhemarius gannascus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790.
Distribution
[edit]It is known from Jamaica, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil, northern Argentina, southern Paraguay and Uruguay.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 92–112 mm for males and 98–124 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round.
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male, dorsal side
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male, ventral side
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Female dorsal view
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Female ventral view
Biology
[edit]The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ocotea veraguensis, Persea povedae, Persea americana and Damburneya salicina.
Taxonomy
[edit]- Adhemarius gannascus cubanus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1908)
- Adhemarius gannascus jamaicensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)
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Adhemarius gannascus cubanus dorsal view
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Adhemarius gannascus cubanus ventral view
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adhemarius gannascus.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
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