DISTRIBUTION:

Erinnyis guttularis (Wing span: males: 29mm; females: 33mm), flies in the Dominican Republic, the specimen type locality.

It is known from Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas (Wiki).

Erinnyis guttularis male, Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic,
29mm, courtesy of Vadim Kroutov.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Erinnyis guttularis probably broods continuously in the tropics.

Adults nectar at flowers.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in loose cocoons spun among surface litter.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

Erinnyis guttularis female, Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic,
33mm, courtesy of Vadim Kroutov.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae probably feed on papaya (Carica papaya), nettlespurge (Jatropha), and allamanda (Allamanda).

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