Eupyrrhoglossum sagra

Updated as per pybio.org/SPHINGINAE.htm (Paraguay), November 2007
Updated as per pybio.org/MACROGLOSSINAE.htm (Paraguay), November 2007
Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Nunez Bustos (Argentina: Misiones), July 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Shelby Heeter (Dracaena fragrans, Islamorada, Florida Keys, December 22, 2008), January 3, 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Jose Monzon (Guatemala); May 2009
Updated as per More, Kitching and Cocucci's Hawkmoths of Argentina 2005, December 2009
Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, December 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Robert Lehman (53mm, 5 km west of La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras, October 28, 2009); December 17, 2011
Updated as per "A Hawk Moths fauna of southern Maranhao state, Brazil, ... "; NEVA: Jahrgang 34 Heft 3 November 2013; via Jean Haxaire; April 5, 2014
Updated as per personal communication with Sergio D. Rios Diaz in CATOLOGO DE LOS SPHINGIDAE (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTERA) DEPOSITADOS EN EL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL DEL PARAGUAY; sent to me in July 2014 by Sergio D. Rios Diaz.
Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Shilap revta. lepid. 43 (172) diciembre, 2015, 615-631 eISSN 2340-4078 ISSN 0300-5267), January 4, 2016
Updated as per personal communication with Francierlem Oliveira (Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte); July 26, 2016; May 23, 2019
Updated as per personal communication with Anna and Frank West (Shima, Junin, Peru): March 31, 2022
Updated as per personal communication with Patricio A. Mantinia (Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina, December 11, 2021); April 22, 2022
Updated as per personal communication with Joao Amarildo Ranguetti (Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil, May 20, 2021); April 22, 2022

DISTRIBUTION:

The Cuban Sphinx, Eupyrrhoglossum sagra (Wing span: 5.1 - 5.3 - 5.9 cm), flies in tropical and subtropical lowlands in
Cuba and generally from
Mexico and
Belize: Belize, Cayo; to
Guatemala (JM);
Honduras (RL);
Costa Rica;
Colombia;
Venezuela;
Ecuador;
Peru: Junin: Satipo;
Bolivia: La Paz, Santa Cruz;
Brazil: southern Maranhao; eastern Rio Grande do Norte; Santa Catarina: Massaranduba;
Paraguay: Guaira; Alto Paraguay; Central;
Argentina: Corrientes, Chaco, Misiones, Buenos Aires, Chaco; and
Uruguay. The specimen type locality is Cuba.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and Enyo lugubris lugubris, Islamorada, Monroe County, Florida,
December 22, 2008, courtesy of Kevin and Shelby Heeter.

This species occasionally strays into Florida and recently there have been larvae found in Dade County.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Islamorada, Florida Keys, December 22, 2008,
nectaring on corn plants (Dracaena fragrans), courtesy of Kevin Heeter, via Shelby Heeter.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
approx. June 14, 2017, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and E. corvus are very similar, but sagra hindwing band is bright yellow and not expanded along upper margin of the hindwing.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Yasuni, Ecuador, September 10, 2002 - 9:16 PM, courtesy of Steve Graser.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra probably broods continuously in the tropics with adults taken all months except March in Costa Rica. In Venezuela there are records for April flights. Robert Lehman reports an October flight in Le Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras. Francierlem Oliveira reports a July flight in Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
July 26, 2016, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
approx. June 14, 2017, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in loose cocoons spun among surface litter. Eclosions can occur within fifteen days.

SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra male courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Visit Eupyrrhoglossum sagra male (recto and verso), La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras, October 28, 2009, courtesy of Robert Lehman.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on Guettarda macrosperma and Chomelia spinosa and other species in the Rubiaceae family. In Florida larvae have been found on Rough Velvetseed (Guettarda scabra) in the Rubiaceae family. Subsequent pupae emerged in December. Patricio A. Mantinian reports them on velvet seed (Guettarda uruguayensis) in Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra dorsal, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra dark colour morph courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Larvae are subject to parasitization by Leschenaultia sp. 14 and Drino piceiventris in the Tachinidae family.

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Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, near Shima, Junin, Peru,
59mm, May 2015, 1500ft, courtesy of Anna & Frank West

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Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina,
December 11, 2021, courtesy of Patricio A. Mantinian.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, larva, on Guettarda uruguayensis, Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina,
courtesy of Patricio A. Mantinian.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Santa Ana, Misiones, Argentina,
December 11, 2021, courtesy of Patricio A. Mantinian.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
May 20, 2021, courtesy of Joao Amarildo Ranguetti.

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Eupyrrhoglossum sagra
(Poey, 1832)

TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Eupyrrhoglossum Grote, 1865 ...........
Species: sagra Poey, 1832

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Paraguay, PYBIO.

DISTRIBUTION:

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and Enyo lugubris lugubris, Islamorada, Monroe County, Florida,
December 22, 2008, courtesy of Kevin and Shelby Heeter.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and E. corvus are very similar, but sagra hindwing band is bright yellow and not expanded along upper margin of the hindwing.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Yasuni, Ecuador, September 10, 2002 - 9:16 PM, courtesy of Steve Graser.

FLIGHT TIMES:

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in loose cocoons spun among surface litter. Eclosions can occur within fifteen days.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra male courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra dorsal, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra dark colour morph courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra (Poey, 1832)

TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878 Genus: Eupyrrhoglossum Grote, 1865 ........... Species: sagra Poey, 1832

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Paraguay, PYBIO.

DISTRIBUTION:

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and Enyo lugubris lugubris, Islamorada, Monroe County, Florida, December 22, 2008, courtesy of Kevin and Shelby Heeter.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and E. corvus are very similar, but sagra hindwing band is bright yellow and not expanded along upper margin of the hindwing. Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Yasuni, Ecuador, September 10, 2002 - 9:16 PM, courtesy of Steve Graser.

FLIGHT TIMES:

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in loose cocoons spun among surface litter. Eclosions can occur within fifteen days.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra male courtesy of Dan Janzen. Eupyrrhoglossum sagra female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra dorsal, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra dark colour morph courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra
(Poey, 1832)

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Eupyrrhoglossum Grote, 1865 ...........
Species: sagra Poey, 1832

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and Enyo lugubris lugubris, Islamorada, Monroe County, Florida,
December 22, 2008, courtesy of Kevin and Shelby Heeter.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra and E. corvus are very similar, but sagra hindwing band is bright yellow and not expanded along upper margin of the hindwing.
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra, Yasuni, Ecuador, September 10, 2002 - 9:16 PM, courtesy of Steve Graser.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra male courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Eupyrrhoglossum sagra female courtesy of Dan Janzen.