Walker"s Sphinx

Pachylioides resumens

Esfinge de Walker

Family: Sphingidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description

Pachylioides is a monotypic genus of moths 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.

Source: Wikipedia, article Pachylioides resumens. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.