Cocytius mephisto
Updated as per personal communication with Vadim Kroutov (Sao Bento do Sul, Brazil); March 2015
Updated as per personal communication with Jean Haxaire (Rio Natal, Santa Catarina, Brazil, October 23, 2011); April 2, 2015

Cocytius mephisto
koh-SIH-tee-usM meh-FIS-toe
Haxaire & Vaglia 2003

Cocytius mephisto, Rio Natal, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
October 23, 2011, courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Cocytius ...........
Species: mephisto Haxaire & Vaglia 2003

DISTRIBUTION:

Cocytius mephisto (Wing span: males: ; females: 126mm (VK)), flies from
southern Brazil, the specimen type locality; Sao Bento do Sul; Rio Natal, Santa Catarina (JH), possibly to
Paraguay and
Argentina.

Cocytius mephisto courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Cocytius mephisto adults probably nectar at flowers

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.

Cocytius mephisto female, 126mm, Sao Bento do Sul, Brazil,
courtesy of Vadim Kroutov.

Cocytius mephisto female (verso), 126mm, Sao Bento do Sul, Brazil,
courtesy of Vadim Kroutov.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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