Swift-winged Sphinx

Enyo ocypete

"Enyo ocypete" is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of "Systema Naturae". It is found from the southern United States, through Central America to Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Swift-winged Sphinx (Enyo ocypete) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia. Nov 12, 2022 Colombia,Enyo ocypete,Geotagged,Spring

Appearance

The wingspan is 60 mm. Adults are on wing year round in the tropics, southern Florida and Louisiana. They are on wing from August to November in the northern part of the range.

Males of the "Enyo ocypete" exhibit a smaller wing size than females. The many reproductive flight advantages include the ability of males to fly faster and have better fitness for mating, while females possess slower flight which is used for selecting host plants and gathering resources.

Food

The larvae probably feed on Caribbean grape 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.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusEnyo
SpeciesE. ocypete
Photographed in
Colombia