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Updated as per CATE; April 7, 2011
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Euryglottis albostigmata albostigmata
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Rothschild, [1895]
Euryglottis albostigmata courtesy of Jean Haxaire
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Euryglottis Boisduval, [1875] ...........
Species: albostigmata albostigmata Rothschild, [1895]
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DISTRIBUTION:
Euryglottis albostigmata albostigmata (wingspan: males: 110mm; females: probably larger)
flies in
Colombia: Cauca Valley, specimen type locality; R Dagua; and in
Ecuador: ??Pichincha: Pacto?? (1200-1600m), and
Peru.
Euryglottis albostigmata male, 110mm, Pacto, Pichincha, Ecuador,
February 26, 2002, 1200-1600m, courtesy of Tomas Melichar.
In Puno, southern Peru, a subspecies, basalis, was recognized, but I am not sure if it remains distinct or has been synonymized with the nominate subspecies.
This species is distinct in colour and patterning from other Euryglottis species:
The dorsal surface of the forewing upperside lacks a pale angle-shaped marking in submarginal area.
The dorsal surface of the female hindwing is more extensively white than that of the male. CATE
FLIGHT TIMES:
Euryglottis albostigmata albostigmata adults fly in February-March, August, and probably in other months.
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.
EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:
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