DISTRIBUTION:

The Adhemarius germanus moth (wingspan: males: mm; females: mm) flies in Brazil.

This moth has been given provisional status as a distinct species (Kitching and Cadiou 2000), but it may be the same as A. g. gannascus. The images displayed on this page are submitted as A. g. gannascus.

Adhemarius gannascus male, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan janzen.

Adhemarius gannascus male underside, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan janzen.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Adhemarius gannascus gannascus adults have been taken at lights in every month of the year in Costa Rica. Adhemarius gannascus gannascus larvae feed upon Ocotea veraguensis, Persea povedae, Persea americana and Nectandra salicina.

Adhemarius gannascus gannascus female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Color morphs of larva courtesy of Dan Janzen.:

Adhemarius gannascus gannascus yellow morph.

Adhemarius gannascus gannascus green from (common).

Adhemarius gannascus gannascus pale green from with red dots.

Development from pupation to adult emergence is less than three weeks (sixteen to eighteen days). The pupa is dark chestnut, smooth and shiny. I suspect the larvae will pupate in dark buckets under layers of paper towels as opposed to more natural underground pupation.

Larval Food Plants

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants. It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

Nectandra salicina Ocotea veraguensis....... Persea americana Persea povedae

Nectandra salicina Ocotea veraguensis Avocado, Alligator pear Persea povedae

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