DISTRIBUTION:

Nyceryx eximia (wingspan: approximately 65mm) flies in Panama, the specimen type locality, and in
Costa Rica; and
Guatemala (JM); Izabala: Morales (A&FW); and as far north as
Mexico: Veracruz; Chiapas. It probably flies throughout Central America.

Nyceryx eximia, 65mm near Morales, Izabal, Guatemala,
August, 2006, courtesy of Anna & Frank West

As far as I know Nyceryx mulleri is a synonym of Nyceryx eximia.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose, usually within three weeks.

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 feed on

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