Perigonia
Perigonia lusca
Perigonia is a genus of butterflies of the family of moth ( Sphingidae ).
Features
The small, mostly brown-colored moths have depending on a varying degrees of yellowish- orange area on the hind wings. In most species the outer edges of the front wings are concave and slightly wavy, they can also be grooved in some species. The body is stocky and stained predominantly dark brown. Only in some species a slightly lightened band is indicated by the third and fourth abdominal segment. The morphology of the genitalia resembles that of the genus Aellopos.
The known caterpillars look very similar and are highly variable and thus easily confused in their coloring.
Occurrence and life
The genus is widespread neotropisch, only Perigonia lusca occurs in North America. Only a few species are known the way of life. The caterpillars of the most studied in this respect species feed on Rötegewächsen ( Rubiaceae ).
System
Worldwide 15 species of the genus are known, although their taxonomic position within the genus is still partly unclear.
- Perigonia caryae Cadiou & Rawlins, 1998
- Perigonia divisa Grote, 1865
- Perigonia glaucescens Walker, 1856
- Perigonia grisea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Perigonia ilus Boisduval, 1870
- Perigonia jamaicensis Rothschild, 1894
- Perigonia lefebvraei (Lucas, 1857)
- Perigonia leucopus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
- Perigonia lusca (Fabricius, 1777)
- Perigonia manni Clark, l935
- Perigonia pallida Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Perigonia passerina Boisduval,
- Perigonia pittieri Lichy, 1962
- Perigonia stulta Herrich -Schäffer,
- Perigonia thayeri Clark, 192