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Updated as per "A Hawk Moths fauna of southern Maranhão state, Brazil, ... "; NEVA: Jahrgang 34 Heft 3 November 2013; via Jean Haxaire; April 5, 2014 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
Duponchel's Sphinx, Cocytius dupnchel (Wing span: 4 5/16 - 5 7/8 inches (11 - 15 cm), males much smaller than females)], flies in southern Brazil: Minas Gerais; southern Maranhoa. It was at one time equated with duponchel. Jean Haxaire has indicated to me, August 17, 2019, that rivulus is a synonym of duponchel.
FLIGHT TIMES:Cocytius rivularis (now duponchel) adults nectar at flowers and brood continuously.In Bolivia there are records for March-April and June-July-August-September-October-November-December. Both males and females come to lights. ECLOSION:Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.
SCENTING AND MATING:Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.
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