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Updated as per The Hawk Moths of the North America, 2007, James P. Tuttle (Sphinx to Lintneria); April 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Larry Valentine (Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil); April 2009, January 2010 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Nunez Bustos (Uruguay); January 2010 Updated as per personal communication with Leonardo Aguado (Misiones, Argentina, February 2007); October 6, 2011 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 Natasha Ceretti Maria (third or fourth instar, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Ocimum basilicum, April 6, 2019 Updated as per personal communication with Jhonatan Santos (adult moth, Itaperucu, Parana, Brazil, date unknown); posted April 8, 2019 |
Lintneria justiciae, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 31, 2010, courtesy of Larry Valentine.
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
In his The Hawk Moths of North America, 2007, James P. Tuttle has assigned all the Sphinx genus species from Mexico south throughout South America to Lintneria, Butler, 1876, based on consistent differences in wing characters and significant larval differences.
Lintneria justiciae, Dos de Mayo, Depto Caingas, Misiones, Argentina,
February, 2007, courtesy of Leonardo Aguado.
Larvae have been confirmed feeding on Hyptis sidifolia (= H. umbrosia ) (Lamiaceae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil (JT).
Please visit my special request for images of Lintneria species larvae at Lintneria larvae, and help if you can. It is anticipated that the Lintneria larvae will most often be encountered on Lamiaceae: Salvia (Sage), Mentha (Mints), Monarda (Beebalm) and Hyptis (Bushmints); Verbenaceae: Verbena and Lantana camara (shrub verbenas or lantanas).
Although they may be encountered feeding during daylight hours, one is even more likely to discover them feeding in the evening or after dark.
Two of the greatest clues for discovering larvae are stripped foliage and droppings beneath the plant. You might be quite surprised at what will turn up in the evening or after dark in a flashlight assisted search.
It is believed that all "Lintneria larvae will exhibit "a fleshy thoracic dorsal "horn" in the first 4 instars (unique in the Sphingidae of the world to my knowledge) which is replaced by a thoracic dorsal "hump" with a large black patch in the 5th instar." J.A. Tuttle.
Natasha Ceretti Maria reports the following larva feeding on sweet basil Ocimum basilicum. I think it is an early (third or fourth) instar of Lintneria justiciae.
Lintneria justiciae third or fourth instar, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
on Ocimum basilicum, April 6, 2019, courtesy of Natasha Ceretti Maria,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke
Lintneria justiciae third or fourth instar, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
on Ocimum basilicum, April 6, 2019, courtesy of Natasha Ceretti Maria,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke
Lintneria justiciae third or fourth instar, April 19, 2009
Lintneria justiciae ??, April 19, 2009
Lintneria justiciae ??, April 19, 2009
Lintneria justiciae ??, April 19, 2009
Lintneria justiciae ??, April 19, 2009
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