DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes alegrenis moths fly in Brazil (specimen type locality). This moth is the same as X. anubus and anubus takes precedence.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes alegrenis adults fly probably produce at least three broods annually.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Males come in to lights very readily, but females are seldom taken in that way.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae probably feed on Psychotria panamensis and Psychotria nervosa of the Rubiaceae family and on Pavonia guanacastensisof the Malvaceae family.

Moths emerge approximately one-two months after larvae pupate.

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