Nyceryx coffaeae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Nyceryx
- Species
- Nyceryx coffaeae
- Scientific Name
- Nyceryx coffaeae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nyceryx coffaeae
Nyceryx coffaeae is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Costa Rica into South America, where it is known from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia.
The wingspan is 68–69 mm. It can be distinguished from all other Nyceryx species by the dark brown band dividing the yellow basal area of the hindwing upperside.
Adults are probably on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Calycophyllum candidissimum.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Nyceryx alophus
- Nyceryx brevis
- Nyceryx coffaeae
- Nyceryx continua
- Nyceryx draudti
- Nyceryx ericea
- Nyceryx eximia
- Nyceryx fernandezi
- Nyceryx furtadoi
- Nyceryx hyposticta
- Nyceryx janzeni
- Nyceryx lemonia
- Nyceryx lunaris
- Nyceryx magna
- Nyceryx maxwelli
- Nyceryx mielkei
- Nyceryx nephus
- Nyceryx nictitans
- Nyceryx occidentalis
- Nyceryx riscus
- Nyceryx saturata
- Nyceryx stuarti
- Nyceryx tacita














