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Nyceryx stuarti

Nyceryx stuarti
Nyceryx stuarti 1895.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nyceryx
Species: N. stuarti
Binomial name
Nyceryx stuarti
(Rothschild, 1894)
Synonyms

Nyceryx stuarti is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Costa Rica and Peru to Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.

The wingspan is about 66 mm. It is similar to Nyceryx riscus, but larger and darker and the forewing apex is distinctly truncate.

Adults are probably on wing year round.

The larvae probably feed on Pentagonia donnell-smithii and Chimarrhis parviflora.



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