Amphonyx jamaicensis

Amphonyx jamaicensis
am-FOH-nixmm jam-may-KEN-sis
Eitschberger, 2006

Amphonyx jamaicensis, Negril, Jamaica, courtesy of Rich Teper, via Steve Bransky.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Amphonyx Poey, 1832 ...........
Species: jamaicensis Eitschberger, 2006

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DISTRIBUTION:

Amphonyx jamaicensis [(Wing span: ), males smaller than females)], flies in Jamaica and Hispaniola.

The Cocytius genus was recently split because of significant genitalic differences amongst moths previously grouped under Cocytius.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Amphonyx jamaicensis adults nectar at flowers and 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.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae probably feed on Guatteria diospyroides, Annona purpurea, Annona reticulata, Xylopia frutescens and Custard apple (Annona glabra) and probably other members of the Annonaceae family.

Moths emerge from pupae in as few as 21 days from pupation.

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