Xylophanes rufescens, Coviriali, Junin, Peru,
November 19, 2007, 662m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky, id by Jean Haxaire.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839 Genus: Xylophanes Hubner [1819] ........... Species: rufescens Rothschild, 1894

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DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes rufescens moths (wingspan: mm) fly in Guyana (specimen type locality) and Venezuela. It is also taken in northwestern Brazil and eastern Peru.

Xylophanes rufescens is a large-eyed, rusty-brown species. It has a buff ground colour with scattered black and rust-brown marks.

Xylophanes rufescens courtesy of John Vriesi.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes rufescens adults probably brood continuously.

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 plants of the Rubiaceae and Malvaceae families.

Moths emerge approximately one-two months after larvae pupate.

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