Pachylia darceta

Species of moth

Pachylia darceta

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Sphingidae
Genus:  | Pachylia
Species:  |

P. darceta

Binomial name
Pachylia darceta

H. Druce, 1881[1]

Pachylia darceta is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1881.

## Distribution

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It is known from Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia.[2]

## Description

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There are three oblique black lines on the forewing upperside and two in the basal half of the wing. The hindwing upperside is uniform brown without markings.

* Male dorsal view

* Male ventral view

* Female dorsal view

* Female ventral view

## Biology

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There are probably multiple generations per year. Adults have been recorded from early August to September in Brazil.

## References

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1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. ^ Oehlke, Bill (June 10, 2014). "Pachylia darceta". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

Taxon identifiers

Pachylia darceta|

* Wikidata: Q1445632
* BioLib: 647635
* BOLD: 14286
* CoL: 4BSJD
* EoL: 507289
* GBIF: 1863858
* iNaturalist: 524968
* IRMNG: 11233378
* LepIndex: 55174
* NCBI: 1087659
* Observation.org: 159275
* Open Tree of Life: 3095060

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