Nyceryx fernandezi

Nyceryx fernandezi
Haxaire & Cadiou, 1999

Nyceryx fernandezi, 69m, Bolivar, Venezuela, courtesy/copyright of Jean Haxaire.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Nyceryx Boisduval, [1875] ...........
Species: janzeni Haxaire, 2005

DISTRIBUTION:

Nyceryx fernandezi (approximate wingspan: 66-69mm // forewing length = 33mm) flies in
Venezuela: Bolivar.

Nyceryx fernandezi, 66m, Bolivar, Venezuela, courtesy/copyright of Jean Haxaire.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month with confirmed reports for June - July and September.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose, usually within three to five weeks from pupation date.

Nyceryx fernandezi, 68m, Bolivar, Venezuela, courtesy/copyright of Jean Haxaire.

SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Females are active just after midnight with males beginning night flight around 1:00 am.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae possibly feed on Pentagonia donnell-smithii, and Chimarrhis parviflora, but neither food plant has been confirmed. Inga species should also be explored.

Isuspect the species name, fernandezi, is honourific for Fernandez.

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