{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Metamorfose.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Isognathus caricae | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Isognathus/caricae.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111055504/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Isognathus/caricae.html|archive-date=2012-11-11|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |access-date=2011-10-19}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Sphinx caricae'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> *''Sphinx cacus'' <small>Cramer, 1775</small> }}
'''''Isognathus caricae''''' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Costa Rica, French Guiana, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/icaricae.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010190110/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/icaricae.htm |archive-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |access-date=2011-10-19 }}</ref>
== Description == It is similar to ''Acherontia'' species and other ''Isognathus'' species, from which it can be distinguished by the dark marginal band of the hindwing upperside, which is replaced by a series of black streaks along the veins. <gallery mode="packed"> Isognathus caricae MHNT CUT 2010 0 30 Colombia dorsal.jpg|Dorsal Isognathus caricae MHNT CUT 2010 0 30 Colombia ventral.jpg|△ Ventral Isognathus caricae MHNT CUT 2010 0 30 (Luziânia-Vianópolis) Goiás female dorsal.jpg|Dorsal Isognathus caricae MHNT CUT 2010 0 30 (Luziânia-Vianópolis) Goiás female ventral.jpg|△ Ventral </gallery>
== Biology == There are probably multiple generations per year.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Himatanthus obovatus'', ''Allamanda cathartica'' and ''Allamanda schottii''. They have long tails and are very colourful, suggesting they are unpalatable to birds.
==Subspecies== *''Isognathus caricae caricae'' (Costa Rica, French Guiana, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil) *''Isognathus caricae rainermarxi'' <small>Eitschberger, 1999</small> (Peru)
== Gallery ==
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==References== {{Commons category|Isognathus caricae|position=right}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Isognathus Category:Moths described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Moths of Central America Category:Sphingidae of South America
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