Protambulyx ockendeni courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Smerinthini, Grote & Robinson, 1865 Genus: Protambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 ........... Species: ockendeni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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DISTRIBUTION:

Protambulyx ockendeni (forewing length: 105-110mm), flies in
Peru: (specimen type locality) Pasco; Puno: Carabaya: Santo Domingo; and
Bolivia: Beni (1600m); and possibly flies in other South American countries.

Protambulyx ockendeni male, Pasco, Peru, courtesy of Hubert Mayer.

Similar to Protambulyx euryalus but: Forewing upperside less variegated and basal half more distinctly purplish. Forewing underside with width of marginal band not widened between veins M1 and M2 and proximal edge even, not crenulated. Postmedian line on hindwing upperside narrower and less crenulated.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Protambulyx ockendeni adults probably fly throughout the year. Hubert Mayer sends an image of a specimen taken in June.

Adults nectar from flowers.

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.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on plants in the Anacardiaceae family: Anacardium, Spondias, Erythoxylon, Comocladia.

Moths may eclose within fourteen days of pupation.

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Protabulyx ockendeni male, Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Puno, Peru,
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