Sphingidae of Costa Rica
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Tony writes, "We were in Costa Rica between 12th and 26th September 2008, and spent most of our time at a tourist hotel (Grande Papagayo) near Panamá on the north-west coast of the Tamarindo Peninsula. On the 22nd September we took a Jeep to Arenal for 2 nights, staying at the Arenal Lodge Hotel.
At the Grande Papagayo Hotel, our room was under trees (see GP Environment pic), and we ran a small net and UV trap on our veranda there for 9 nights (see GP Trap) bringing in over 90 species of moths, of which 3 species were members of the Sphingidae. These were:"
Nyceryx riscus, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 17-20, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James.
Xylophanes porcus, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 15-17, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.
Manduca barnesi, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 13, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.
Cameron Prybol sends this beautiful image of Nyceryx tacita from San Luis, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
In 2017 Gernot Kunz provides many beautiful images of live moths and their larvae. His photos have inspired the tribal, pictoral checklists, linked at the bottom of this page. I hope to have them completed by the end of March 2017.
Nyceryx tacita, San Luis, Puntarenas, Costa Rica,
June 26, 2012, courtesy of Cameron Prybol, id by Bill Oehlke.
Madoryx plutonius, Costa Rica, courtesy of Amy Lowell.
Eumorpha triangulum, Arenal Lodge Hotel, Alejuela, Costa Rica,
September 22, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.
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