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Pachylioides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Subtribe:	Dilophonotina
Genus:	Pachylioides Hodges, 1971
Species:	P. resumens
Binomial name
Pachylioides resumens (Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
Pachylia resumens Walker, 1856 Chaerocampa versuta Clemens, 1859 Pachylia inconspicua Walker, 1856 Pachylia tristis Boisduval, 1875

Pachylioides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ronald W. Hodges in 1971. Its only species, Pachylioides resumens, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Distribution

It is found from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay north through Central America (including Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico) and the West Indies.

Biology

Adults are on wing in several generations in the tropics.

The larvae feed on Echites umbellata, Ficus carica and other Ficus species.

Gallery

• Male dorsal view
• Male ventral view
• Female dorsal view
• Female ventral view

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links

• Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Pachylioides resumens (Walker, 1856)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 21, 2018.

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