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Created as per Hawkmoths of the World, Kitching and Cadiou, 2000; April 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Eric Hossler; December 2011 |
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Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
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Eric Hossler sends the following sighting:
Macroglossum pyrrhosticta - adults feeding at flowers in Pahoa, Big Island, October 2010, at dusk. Many adults also at light in Pahoa town
(at a restaurant - easily a dozen found at one address). I did not see any adults at flowers during the day but I didn't spend a lot of time looking.
SCENTING AND MATING:Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Adults take nectar from flowers.I believe this species is a day flier, but females probably nectar at flowers at night during ovipositing flights. |
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