Updated as per personal communication with Michel Lapointe
Updated as per personal communication with Jean Haxaire, (La Vega, Dominican Republic); March 13, 2017

Perigonia caryae
(Cadiou & Rawlins, 1998)

Perigonia caryae courtesy of Michel Lapointe.

Perigonia caryae, Dominican Republic,
courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Perigonia Herrich-Schaffer, ]1854] ...........
Species: caryae (Cadiou & Rawlins, 1998)

DISTRIBUTION:

Perigonia caryae moths fly in the Dominican Republic: La Vega.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Perigonia caryae, La Vega, Dominican Republic,
courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

ECLOSION:

Perigonia caryae, (very dark brown), Dominican Republic,
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.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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