Pachylia syces

Pachylia syces is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution
It is found from Mexico through Belize and Honduras to Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. It is also found on Jamaica.

Description
There is a pale median band on the forewing upperside which is separated into two patches. Occasionally the patches are connected into a continuous transverse band, but if so, the band so formed is strongly constricted. The hindwing upperside is almost unicolorous, darkened distally, without distinct bands and with a conspicuous white tip.

Biology
There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ficus microcarpa, Ficus prinoides, Ficus ovalis and Artocarpus integrifolius.

Subspecies

 * Pachylia syces syces (Mexico through Belize and Honduras to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina)
 * Pachylia syces insularis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Jamaica)