Protambulyx
Preparation of Protambulyx strigilis
Protambulyx is a genus within the family of butterfly moth ( Sphingidae ).
Features
The relatively large moths have slender body and narrow wings that are colored in different yellows, golds, and browns. The wings are rather acute angle, and have a slightly curved inward wing tip. Unlike most other species of the subfamily Their proboscis is fairly well developed. Some species are known to suck the nectar of flowers.
The eggs are very large relative to the size of the moths. The caterpillars, if known, the typical physique of the subfamily, with a slim body that tapers to a pointed head forward. There are oblique stripes on the sides of the abdomen.
Pupation takes place in a loose cocoon near the surface in the ground. The dolls have an atrophied proboscis sheath.
Occurrence
The genus is widespread neotropisch, two species Protambulyx strigilis and Protambulyx carteri also occur in southern Florida.
System
Worldwide seven species of the genus are known, Tuttle still by Kitching & Cadiuo (2000) recorded eight species Protambulyx carteri seen as a color morph of Protambulyx strigilis and has synonymized with this species.
- Protambulyx astygonus ( Boisduval, )
- Protambulyx Euryalus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Protambulyx goeldii Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Protambulyx ockendeni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Protambulyx strigilis (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Protambulyx sulphurea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Protambulyx eurycles
Protambulyx goeldii