ASPLEDON SONORENSIS

Aspledon sonorensis courtesy of Bruce Walsh.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839
Genus: Aspledon Boisduval, [1875] ...........
Species: sonorensis B. P. Clark, 1919

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DISTRIBUTION:

Aspledon sonorensis, [wingspan: ], flies in New Mexico

FLIGHT TIMES:

Aspledon sonorensis adults fly

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterrqnean 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 feed on

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