Unzela pronoe

Unzela pronoe is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1894. It is found from Belize, Guatemala and Honduras to Venezuela and south to Bolivia.[2]

Unzela pronoe
Unzela pronoe ♂
Unzela pronoe ♂ △
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Unzela
Species:
U. pronoe
Binomial name
Unzela pronoe
Synonyms
  • Unzela variegata Rothschild, 1896

The wingspan is 44 mm. There are probably two to three generations per year with adults recorded from May to June, August to September and from December to January.

The larvae probably feed on Vitis tiliifolia and other Vitaceae and Dilleniaceae species, such as Vitis, Cissus rhombifolia and Ampelopsis, Tetracera volubilis, Curatella americana, Tetracera hydrophila and Doliocarpus multiflorus. Ludwigia of the family Onagraceae might also be a host plant.

Subspecies
  • Unzela pronoe pronoe (Belize, Guatemala and Honduras to Venezuela and south to Bolivia)
  • Unzela pronoe fuscatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Brazil)

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. Oehlke, Bill (May 12, 2011). "Unzela pronoe pronoe Druce, 1894". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.


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