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Updated as per The Known Sphingidae of Costa Rica, November 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Jose Monzon (Guatemala); May 2009 Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, December 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Fernando Calvo, Oaxaca, Mexico; July 5, 2012 Updated as per personal communication with Anna and Frank West, Guatemala: Izabal: near Morales, 75mm, August 2005, 2200ft; April 24, 2022 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
Stolidoptera tachasara, Trogan Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, San Jose,
Costa Rica,
February 9, 2011, 2420m, courtesy of Gernot Kunz
Moths eclose from pupae under leaf litter or in subterranean chambers.
Males come in to lights quite frequently but females are almost never taken that way.
Stolidoptera tachasara, 75mm, near Morales, Izabal, Guatemalae,
August, 2006, 2200ft, courtesy of Anna & Frank West>
Stolidoptera tachasara, Trogan Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, San Jose,
Costa Rica,
February 9, 2011, 2420m, courtesy of Gernot Kunz
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