Pachylia syces (Hübner (1819))

Pachylia syces is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from Mexico through Belize and Honduras to Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina.^[2] It is also found on Jamaica.

Description

There is a pale median band on the forewing upperside which is separated into two patches. Occasionally the patches are connected into a continuous transverse band, but if so, the band so formed is strongly constricted. The hindwing upperside is almost unicolorous, darkened distally, without distinct bands and with a conspicuous white tip.

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Biology

There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ficus microcarpa, Ficus prinoides, Ficus ovalis and Artocarpus integrifolia.

Subspecies

• Pachylia syces syces (Mexico through Belize and Honduras to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina)
• Pachylia syces insularis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Jamaica)

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