Unzela pronoe fuscatus
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Unzela pronoe fuscatus, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
Trustes of BMNH, creative commons, courtesy of Ian Kitching.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Unzela Walker, 1856 ...........
Species: pronoe fuscatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

DISTRIBUTION:

Unzela pronoe fuscatus flies in Brazil: Santa Catarina, the specimen type locality.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Unzela pronoe fuscatus probably has two to three broods annually, with adults taken in May to June, August to September and from December to January.

Unzela pronoe fuscatus, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
Trustes of BMNH, creative commons, courtesy of Ian Kitching.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in subterranean chambers.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Both males and females nectar at flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae probably feed on members of the Dilleniaceae family. Return to Sphingidae Index
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