Baniwa yavitensis

Baniwa yavitensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Genus: Baniwa
Lichy, 1981
Species: B. yavitensis
Binomial name
Baniwa yavitensis
Lichy, 1981[1]

Baniwa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Baniwa yavitensis, which is known from Venezuela and Amazonas and Pará in Brazil.[2]

It is similar to the Perigonia species but distinguishable by its unique forewing pattern, consisting of a large chocolate-brown patch on the inner margin below the discal cell on the upperside. The apex of the discal cell is marked with a row of three small dots. The pale pink-brown basal three-quarters of the wing are separated from the darker brown apical quarter by a straight, diagonal postmedian line. The basal half of hindwing upperside is pale yellow, distally merging gradually into a pale brown median band and then into a darker brown marginal band.

There are probably multiple generations per year. Adults have been recorded in July in 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. "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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