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Updated as per More, Kitching and Cocucci's Hawkmoths of Argentina 2005, October, 2007 Updated as per All Leps Barcode of Life, October, 2007 Updated as per http://biological-diversity.info/sphingidae.htm (Belize), November 2007 Updated as per Fauna Entomologica De Nicarauga, November 2007 Updated as per The Known Sphingidae of Costa Rica, November 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Jose Monzon (Guatemala); May 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Aguas Blancas, Salta, Argentina, 405m); December 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Gregory Nielsen (Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, August 23, 2011, 500m); September 14, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Albert Thurman (Cocle Province, Panama, September 16, 2013; Panama Province: Cerro Campana National Park, Aug 13, 1978); January 15, 2014 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Shilap revta. lepid. 43 (172) diciembre, 2015, 615-631 eISSN 2340-4078 ISSN 0300-5267), January 4, 2016 Updated as per personal communication with Joao Amarildo Ranguetti (Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil. January 4, 2019): January 4, 2019 Updated for Brazil as per Haxaire & Mielke, European Entomologist; October 21, 2019; March 29, 2022 Updated as per personal communication with Anna & Frank West; March 29, 2022 Updated as per Hawk-moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Trinidad, West Indies: an illustrated and annotated list; Matthew J.W. Cock; April 6, 2022 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
The adults fly in the evening from 5:30-7:00 pm and again in the morning from 6:30-9:00 am.
Aellopos ceculus, EL Cope National Park, Cocle Province, Panama,
September 16, 2013, 797m, courtesy of Albert Thurman,
collected in daytime flight by William Tyson.
Aellopos ceculus, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia,
Km 13 via Acacias, 500m, LFW 20mm, August 23, 2011, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen.
Aellopos ceculus (verso), Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia,
Km 13 via Acacias, 500m, LFW 20mm, August 23, 2011, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen.
Aellopos ceculus (verso), Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
February 3, 2019, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.
Aellopos ceculus female courtesy of Dan Janzen.
Aellopos ceculus, Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
February 3, 2019, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.
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