Nannoparce balsa

Nannoparce balsa Mexico, courtesy of Manuel Balcazar-Lara.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Smerinthinae, Grote & Robinson, 1865
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Nannoparce Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 ...........
Species: balsa Schaus, 1932

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DISTRIBUTION:

Nannoparce balsa fly in Mexico.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Nannoparce balsa adults fly

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

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

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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