Aleuron iphis

Aleuron iphis
	Aleuron iphis male dorsal
	Aleuron iphis male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Aleuron
Species:	A. iphis
Binomial name
	Aleuron iphis; (Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
	Enyo iphis Walker, 1856; Tylognathus scriptor R. Felder, [1874]; Calliomma volatica Clemens, 1859; Aleuron volatica (Clemens, 1859);

Aleuron iphis is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It was described by Francis Walker in 1856

Distribution

The wingspan is 52–57 mm.

Adults are on wing from at least July to January in Costa Rica.[3]
The larvae feed on Tetracera volubilis, Curatella americana and probably other Dilleniaceae species.

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