Cautethia insolita Holotype male, La Vega, Dominican Republic,
courtesy of Creative Commons at http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/file/38363.

Cautethia insolita, La Vega, Dominican Republic,
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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839 Genus: Cautethia Grote, 1865 ........... Species: insolita Haxaire, 2016

DISTRIBUTION:

Cautethia insolita, [wingspan: ], flies in La Vega in the Dominican Republic on the track from El Escucharo to Constanza, environ 9km north of Constanza.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Cautethia insolita adults nectar at flowers. The Holotype was taken April 15, 2016 at an elevation of 1820m by J Haxaire & C. De Soto Molinari.

Cautethia insolita Holotype male, La Vega, Dominican Republic,
courtesy of Creative Commons at http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/file/38363.

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 possibly feed on Chiococca alba Exostema.

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