HIMANTOIDES PERKINSAE
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Tribe: Dilophonotini
Genus: Himantoides Butler, [1877] ...........
Species: perkinsae B. P. Clark, 1933

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DISTRIBUTION:

Himantoides perkinsae (wingspan: mm) flies in Jamaica only (specimen type locality) as a very rare species.

FLIGHT TIMES:

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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