Updated as per The Known Sphingidae of Costa Rica, November 2007
Updated as per personal communication with Jean Haxaire
Updated as per personal communication with Jose Monzon (Guatemala); May 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral (Bolivar, Venezuela) May 28, 2012; ongoing

Kloneus babayaga
Skinner, 1923

Kloneus babayaga, male, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Kloneus Skinner, 1923 ...........
Species: babayaga Skinner, 1923

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DISTRIBUTION:

Kloneus babayaga flies in Nicaragua, the specimen type locality, and probably from Mexico to Costa Rica. It is also reported from northern Venezuela: (Merida (JRAC)).

Jose Monzon confirms it from Guatemala: Izabal department, 900-1200 meters altitude, mainly in October.

Kloneus babayaga courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose, usually within three weeks, from pupae formed in flimsy cocoons spun amongst leaf litter.

Kloneus babayaga courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Kloneus babayaga, female, Guatemala, courtersy of Jose Monzon.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larval hosts are unknown. and spin a very flimsy cocoon amongst leaf litter.

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