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Updated as per http://www.pybio.org/SPHINGINAE.htm (Paraguay), November 2007 Updated as per http://www.pybio.org/MACROGLOSSINAE.htm (Paraguay) Updated as per personal communication with Johan van't Bosch (Mato Grosso, Brazil, September 23), March 2008 Updated as per More, Kitching and Cocucci's Hawkmoths of Argentina 2005, March 2008 Updated as per personal communication with Larry Valentine (Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, May 4, 2009); May 4, 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Aguas Blancas, Salta, Argentina, 405m); December 2009 Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, December 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Andres Urbas (Camp Caiman, near Kaw, French Guiana, April 1, 2011); May 7, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Gregory Nielsen (Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, June 17, 2011, 500m); June 30, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Brian Fletcher (Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Cartago, Costa Rica, October 24, 2007, 900m); March 18, 2014 Updated as per "A Hawk Moths fauna of southern Maranhao state, Brazil, ... "; NEVA: Jahrgang 34 Heft 3 November 2013; via Jean Haxaire; April 5, 2014 Updated as per personal communication with Sergio D. Rios Diaz in CATOLOGO DE LOS SPHINGIDAE (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTERA) DEPOSITADOS EN EL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL DEL PARAGUAY; sent to me in July 2014 by Sergio D. Rios Diaz. Updated as per personal communication with Tony James (Radisson, Panama, Panama, April 21, 2015); May 6 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 Frank and Anna West (Brazil: Bahia and Rondonia; Guatemala: Izabal and Suchitepequez), January 19, 2021 Updated as per personal communication with Clarissa Silva Moreira (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, April 19, 2019, 74m), April 16, 2022 Updated as per personal communication with Les Catchick (Palmari, Amazonas, Brazil, August 19, 2019), April 16, 2022 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
The forewing tip is hooked. The upperside of the forewing is gray-brown with dark brown incomplete wavy lines and dark brown and orange shading.The upperside of the hindwing has orange shading and dark brown patches at the tip and in the center. Pachylioides resumens male, Yasuni, Ecuador, (September 7, 2002 - 1:45 AM), courtesy of Steve Graser. |
Pachylioides resumens female, Arenal Lodge, Costa Rica,
September 22, 2008, courtesy of Tony James.
Pachylioides resumens male, 100mm, Radisson, Panama, Panama,
April 21, 2015, courtesy of Tony James.
In northeastern Argentina (Misiones Province) there is at least one flight in December (Oz Rittner). Larry Valentine confirms May and January flights in Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Andres Urbas reports an April 1, 2011, flight near Kaw, French Guiana. Gregory Nielsen reports a June flight in Meta, Colombia. Brain Fletcher reports an October flight in Costa Rica.
Visit Pachylioides resumens, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen.
Visit Pachylioides resumens, Guatemala: Izabal and Suchitepequez; Brazil: Rondonia and Bahia, courtesy of Frank & Anna West.
Pachylia resumens, camp Caiman, near Kaw, French Guiana,
April 1, 2011, courtesy of Andres Urbas.
Pachylioides resumens male, courtesy of Hubert Mayer copyright.
Pachylioides resumens, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
May 4, 2009, courtesy of Larry Valentine copyright.
Pachylioides resumens male courtesy of Dan Janzen.
Pachylioides resumens female, courtesy of Hubert Mayer copyright.
Jean Haxaire writes, "Several Apocynaceae, contrasting to the classical Moraceae of Pachylia members. Described by Moss (1920) from Para, Brazil on Echites sp. and Zschokkea sp. In Costa Rica, Forsteronia spicata and Mesechites spicata (Apocynaceae)."
Larvae are quite distinct from thos in Pachylia genus.
Larvae pupate in cocoons spun amongst leaf litter.
Pachylioides resumens, fifth instar, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, courtesy of Larry Valentine.
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Pachylioides resumens female, Palmari, Amazonas, Brazil,
August 19, 2019, 74m, courtesy of Les Catchick.
Pachylioides resumens, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
courtesy of Clarissa Silva, Moreira.
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