Adhemarius ypsilon

Adhemarius ypsilon

"Adhemarius ypsilon" is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903 and is known from Costa Rica, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Adhemarius ypsilon, Rio Ñambi, Colombia I was about to ID it as Adhemarius gannascus: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76910/moth_213_la_planada_nature_reserve_colombia.html ...yet the green/yellow strokes near the top of the wings had me double-checking, looks like a different species: Adhemarius ypsilon Adhemarius ypsilon,Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Rio Ñambi,South America

Appearance

The wingspan is 89–117 mm for males and 107–126 mm for females. In Costa Rica, moths in this species take flight year round.
Adhemarius ypsilon, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador Adhemarius ypsilon,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Los Cedros Reserve,South America,World

Food

The larvae feed on several species in the plant genus "Ocotea".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusAdhemarius
SpeciesA. ypsilon
Photographed in
Colombia
Ecuador