Stolidoptera tachasara

Stolidoptera tachasara
	Male
	Male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Stolidoptera
Species:	S. tachasara
Binomial name
	Stolidoptera tachasara; (H. Druce, 1888)
Synonyms
	Aleuron tachasara H. Druce, 1888;

Stolidoptera tachasara is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1888.

Distribution[]

It is found in Mexico and Central America, as well as Venezuela in northern South America. It has also been spotted in Bolivia.^[2]

The wingspan is 79–92 mm.

Adults are on wing nearly year round (except March and December) in Costa Rica.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Thalia geniculata and Prunus annularis.

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
^ "Stolidoptera tachasara". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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