Neogene corumbensis
Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, October 2007

Neogene corumbensis
B. P. Clark, 1922

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Neogene Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 ...........
Species: corumbensis B. P. Clark, 1922

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DISTRIBUTION:

Neogene corumbensis (Wing span: ) flies in
Argentina; and
Bolivia: Santa Cruz: Santiago de Chiquitos (700m) and Chuquisaca: Muyupampa (1650m).

FLIGHT TIMES:

Neogene corumbensis adults fly

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean 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. Adults probably nectar at a variety of flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on

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