Isognathus tepuyensis, French Guiana
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
MIDI MUSICcopyright C. Odenkirk ON.OFF |
DISTRIBUTION:Isognathus tepuyensis (Wing span: 104mm, females larger than males), flies in Venezuela, the specimen type locality, and from British Guyana to French Guiana. |
Isognathus tepuyensis, Venezuela, from
Hawkmoths of Venezuela,
courtesy of Dr. María Esperanza Chacín
and José Clavijo A., Ph.D.
Larvae have long tails; colouration suggests they are unpalatable to birds.
The pupae are also quite colourful, and, I suspect, are very lively. Moths generaly emerge witin 8-24 days of pupation.
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