Adhemarius roessleri
Updated as per personal communication with Andres Urbas (near Kaw Mountains, French Guiana, March 31, 2011); April 19, 2011
Updated as per CATE Sphingidae: Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil: Para; April 19, 2010
Updated as per personal communication with Andres Urbas, (Camp Caiman, near Kaw, french Guiana, March 31, April 6, 2011); May 7, 2011

Adhemarius roessleri
Eitschberger, 2002

Adhemarius ypsilon male (probably roessleri) courtesy of Hubert Mayer copyright.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Sphingoidea, Dyar, 1902
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Smerinthini, Grote & Robinson, 1865
Genus: Adhemarius, Oiticica, 1939
Species: roessleri, Eitschberger, 2002

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Adhemarius roessleri moth (forewing length: mm) flies in
northern Peru;
Ecuador;
Colombia;
Guyana: Tumatumari; and eastward into
French Guiana: Kaw; and
Brazil: Para.

This moth was formerly classified as Adhemarius ypsilon.

Those, who agree with this recent split, acknowledge roessleri from French Guiana but not ypsilon.

Adhemarius roessleri, Kaw Mountains, French Guiana,
March 31, 2011, courtesy of Andres Urbas.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Adhemarius roessleri probably produces at least two broods annually. Andres Urbas reports a March 31 - April 6, 2011, flight near Kaw Mountains, French Guiana.

Adhemarius roessleri, Kaw Mountains, French Guiana,
April 6, 2011, courtesy of Andres Urbas.

Adhemarius roessleri larvae probably feed upon Ocotea veraguensis, Ocotea atirrensis and Ocotea dendrodaphne.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

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.

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