Baniwa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Baniwa yavitensis, which is known from Venezuela and Amazonas and Pará in Brazil.[2]
Baniwa yavitensis | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subtribe: | Dilophonotina |
Genus: | Baniwa Lichy, 1981 |
Species: | B. yavitensis |
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Baniwa yavitensis Lichy, 1981[1] | |
There are probably multiple generations per year. Adults have been recorded in July in Brazil.
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