Adhemarius gagarini

Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, October 2007
Updated as per French Guiana Sphingidae; March 9, 2011
Updated as per CATE; March 9, 2011
Updated as per personal communication with Johan van't Bosch (Brownsberg National Park, Brokopondo, Suriname, July 8, 2011); November 21, 2012
Updated as per personal communication with Hubert Mayer (Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 22, 1990); June 3, 2014

Adhemarius gagarini
(Zikan, 1935) Amplypterus

Adhemarius gagarini, Brownsberg National Park, Brokopondo, Suriname,
July 8, 2011, courtesy of Johan van't Bosch.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Sphingoidea, Dyar, 1902
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Smerinthini, Grote & Robinson, 1865
Genus: Adhemarius, Oiticica, 1939
Species: gagarini, (Zikan, 1935)
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DISTRIBUTION:

Adhemarius gagarini (wingspan: males: 107mm; females: 117mm) flies in
Brazil: Para; Sao Paulo (HM);
Venezuela;
Guyana: Omai;
French Guiana: Kaw; and
Bolivia: Santa Cruz (October, December), Beni (350m).

I suspect (now confirmed by JvB) it also occurs in Suriname: Brokopondo District: Brownsberg National Park.

Adhemarius gagarini male, Para, Brazil,
on my home computer only.

"This species is frequently confused with A. gannascus. However, the two species are easily separated by the shape of the subapical mark on the forewing costa (Haxaire, 1986). In A. gannascus, this mark is a narrow, comma-shaped lunule, whereas in A. gagarini, it is broadly trapezoidal, similar in shape to that of A. ypsilon. Haxaire & Herbin (2000) recorded this species from Yocumo [Yacuma] (350m), Department of Beni."

Adhemarius gagarini male, Kaw, French Guiana,
107mm, February, on my home computer only.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Adhemarius gagarini probably produces at least two broods annually.

In Bolivia it has been recorded in October and December. In French Guiana it has been recorded in February. Johan van't Bosch reports a July flight in Suriname. Hubert Mayer reports a March flight in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Adhemarius gagarini larvae feed upon ??

Adhemarius gagarini female, Kaw, French Guiana,
117mm, February, on my home computer only.

Adhemarius gagarini female, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
March 22, 1990, courtesy of Hubert Mayer.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Larval Food Plants

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants. It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

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