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Updated as per http://biological-diversity.info/sphingidae.htm (Belize), November 2007 Updated as per Fauna Entomologica De Nicarauga, November 2007 Updated as per The Known Sphingidae of Costa Rica, November 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Vladimir Izersky (early September, late November, Coviriali, Junin, Peru, 662m), December 20, 2008 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Aguas Blancas, Salta, Argentina, 405m); December 2009 Updated as per SHILAP publication: Lista de Sphingidae del Uruguay, September, 2010; Msc Gabriela Bentancur Viglione; January 31, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Gregory Nielsen (Colombia: Meta; 500m; February 23, 2011, 120mm); March 6, 2011 Updated as per French Guiana Sphingidae; March 9, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Andres Urbas (near Kaw Mountains, French Guiana, March 31, 2011); April 19, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Robin Crain (La Selva, Heredia, Costa Rica); September 27, 2012 Updated as per "A Hawk Moths fauna of southern Maranhão state, Brazil, ... "; NEVA: Jahrgang 34 Heft 3 November 2013; via Jean Haxaire; April 5, 2014 Updated as per personal communication with Sergio D. Ríos Díaz in CATÁLOGO DE LOS SPHINGIDAE (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTERA) DEPOSITADOS EN EL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL DEL PARAGUAY; sent to me in July 2014 by Sergio D. Ríos Díaz. Updated as per personal communication with Steve Nanz (Arima, St. George, Trinidad, March 23, 2015); March 29, 2015 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Shilap revta. lepid. 43 (172) diciembre, 2015, 615-631 eISSN 2340-4078 ISSN 0300-5267), January 4, 2016 Updated as per personal communication with Nazare Pereira Gottgtroy (Itumirim, Minas Gerais, Brazil, June 8, 2016), June 8, 2016 Updated as per personal communication with Rodrigo Dela Rosa (Soa Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 16, 2017), March 15, 2017 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
Neococytius cluentius, La Selva, Heredia, Costa Rica,
courtesy of Robin Crain.
I reply, "Thanks for sharing beautiful image of Neococytius cluentius, the Cluentius Sphinx.
I suspect this moth is newly emerged from its pupal shell and probably has not even flown yet. While it the pupal stage, the developing moth
was accumulating metabolic wastes which it was unable to discharge. Many Sphingidae and Saturniidae will release that waste just prior to their first flight
or when disturbed. Otherwise, the fluid could be a discharge as you have suggested.
Neococytius cluentius, Itumirim, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
June 8, 2016, courtesy of Nazare Pereira Gottgtroy.
I suspect it also flies in Guyana and Suriname.
The upper side of the forewing is a grey to blurry black with pale orange to pale beigey-brown markings. The upperside of the hindwing is black with orange at the base and orangish yellow patches between the veins, forming a band across the wing.
Neococytius cluentius,
resting by the side of a track near Sherwood Forest,
Portland, Jamaica, July 2004, courtesy of
Tony and Pat James.
Both males and females come to lights.
Andres Urbas reports a March 31, 2011, flight near KAW Mountains, French Guiana.
Neococytius cluentius, near Kaw Mountains, French Guiana,
March 31, 2011, courtesy of Andres Urbas.
In Bolivia specimens have been taken in March-April-May-June, August, October-November-December.
Vladimir Izersky reports them on the wing in Coviriali, Junin, Peru, in early September and in late November.
There is at least a February flight in French Guiana.
Gregory Nielsen reports a February 23, 2011, flight in Meta, Colombia.
Neococytius cluentius, Colombia. Depto Meta: Villavicencio-Villacentro
04°03’55.0 N 073°41’87.0 W, 500m 23- ii-2011 leg. G. Nielsen,
id and slight digital repair by Bill Oehlke
Neococytius cluentius courtesy of Vladimir Izersky
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