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Updated as per pybio.org/SPHINGINAE.htm (Paraguay), November 2007 Updated as per pybio.org/MACROGLOSSINAE.htm (Paraguay), November 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Nunez Bustos (Argentina: Misiones), July 2008 Updated as per personal communication with Shelby Heeter (Dracaena fragrans, Islamorada, Florida Keys, December 22, 2008), January 3, 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Jose Monzon (Guatemala); May 2009 Updated as per More, Kitching and Cocucci's Hawkmoths of Argentina 2005, December 2009 Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, December 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Robert Lehman (53mm, 5 km west of La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras, October 28, 2009); December 17, 2011 Updated as per "A Hawk Moths fauna of southern Maranhao state, Brazil, ... "; NEVA: Jahrgang 34 Heft 3 November 2013; via Jean Haxaire; April 5, 2014 Updated as per personal communication with Sergio D. Rios Diaz in CATOLOGO DE LOS SPHINGIDAE (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTERA) DEPOSITADOS EN EL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL DEL PARAGUAY; sent to me in July 2014 by Sergio D. Rios Diaz. 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 Francierlem Oliveira (Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte); July 26, 2016; May 23, 2019 Updated as per personal communication with Anna and Frank West (Shima, Junin, Peru): March 31, 2022 Updated as per personal communication with Patricio A. Mantinia (Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina, December 11, 2021); April 22, 2022 Updated as per personal communication with Joao Amarildo Ranguetti (Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil, May 20, 2021); April 22, 2022 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
This species occasionally strays into Florida and recently there have been larvae found in Dade County.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Islamorada, Florida Keys, December 22, 2008,
nectaring on corn plants (Dracaena fragrans), courtesy of Kevin Heeter, via Shelby Heeter.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Islamorada, Florida Keys, December 22, 2008,
nectaring on corn plants (Dracaena fragrans), courtesy of Kevin Heeter, via Shelby Heeter.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
approx. June 14, 2017, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and E. corvus are very similar, but sagra hindwing band is bright yellow and not expanded along upper margin of the hindwing.Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Yasuni, Ecuador, September 10, 2002 - 9:16 PM, courtesy of Steve Graser. |
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
July 26, 2016, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
approx. June 14, 2017, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.
ECLOSION:Adults eclose from pupae formed in loose cocoons spun among surface litter. Eclosions can occur within fifteen days. |
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra female courtesy of Dan Janzen.
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Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, near Shima, Junin, Peru,
59mm, May 2015, 1500ft, courtesy of Anna & Frank West
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Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina,
December 11, 2021, courtesy of Patricio A. Mantinian.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, larva, on Guettarda uruguayensis, Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Patricio A. Mantinian.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, larva, on Guettarda uruguayensis, Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Patricio A. Mantinian.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina,
December 11, 2021, courtesy of Patricio A. Mantinian.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
May 20, 2021, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.
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