Aellopos clavipes

Clavipes sphinx
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Aellopos
Species:	A. clavipes
Binomial name
	Aellopos clavipes; (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Synonyms
	Sesia clavipes Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Sesia clavipes eumelas Jordan, 1924;

Aellopos clavipes, also known as the clavipes sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution[]

It lives mainly in Central America but ranges from Venezuela to California, Arizona, and Texas in the United States.

Description[]

The body is dark brown with a wide white band across the abdomen. The wings are dark brown. The forewing has a black cell spot and three white spots near the pale brown marginal area.^[2]

Female dorsal
Female ventral

Biology[]

Adults are on wing from May to December in Costa Rica. There are probably three main generations with adults on wing in December, from April to May and in September.

The larvae feed on various Rubiaceae species, including , , Randia aculeata, and Genipa americana. Pupation takes place in shallow underground chambers.

Subspecies[]

Aellopos clavipes clavipes
Aellopos clavipes eumelas (Jordan, 1924) (Jamaica)

References[]

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links[]

Clavipes Sphinx Butterflies and Moths of North America

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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