Eupyrrhoglossum venustum
Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

Eupyrrhoglossum venustum, Venezuela,
courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Eupyrrhoglossum Grote, 1865 ...........
Species: venustum Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

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DISTRIBUTION:

Eupyrrhoglossum venustum (Wing span: 74mm), flies in tropical and subtropical lowlands in
Brazil, the specimen type locality; and in
Venezuela.

Eupyrrhoglossum venustum, Venezuela,
courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Eupyrrhoglossum venustum probably broods continuously in the tropics.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in loose cocoons spun among surface litter. Eclosions can occur within fifteen days.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae probably feed on Guettarda macrosperma and Chomelia spinosa and other species in the Rubiaceae family.

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