Nyceryx nictitans saturata
nye-SIR-iksM nik-TYE-tans M sat-your-AY-tuh
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nyceryx nictitans saturata male courtesy of Hubert Mayer copyright.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878 Genus: Nyceryx Boisduval, [1875] ........... Species: nictitans saturata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

DISTRIBUTION:

Nyceryx nictitans saturata (wingspan: approximately 60mm) flies in
Peru, the specimen type locality,
Bolivia: La Paz (1200m), and
Ecuador.

Nyceryx nictitans saturata, 60mm, Ecuador, courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

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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