DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes haxairei (approx. wingspan: 76-80-84mm) flies in Amazonian Rainforests in French Guiana: Approuague, Montagne Tortue (specimen type locality);
Venezuela;
Colombia;
Ecuador: Pastaza;
Peru and;
Brazil: Amapa: Serra do Navio and Amazonas: Manaus.

The forewing apex is quite produced and pointed outward, with the upper 1/6 of the outer margin quite excavated before becoming slightly convex. The fw has seven diffuse, oblique lines, a small black cell spot bounded by a darker outer area, and a lighter inner area. I believe the forwing is gernally greenish in fresh species, becoming browner with age and exposure to light. The forewing tip is dark brown along the entire lunule edge of the outer margin, with the generous sufusions of lighter orange.

The thorax has a thin light center line bounded by darker lines which are outwardly bounded by lighter lines which widen as they meet the abdomen where all lines widen considerably.

The hindwing has a full length orange band bordered by dark brown.

Xylophanes haxairei, 80mm, French Guiana, courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes haxairei adults probably brood continuously.

Xylophanes haxairei, 84 mm, French Guiana, courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

Xylophanes haxairei, Pastaza, Ecuador,
August 2006, courtesy of Tomas Melichar.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Males come in to lights very readily, but females are seldom taken in that way.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae possibly feed on Psychotria panamensis and Psychotria nervosa of the Rubiaceae family and on Pavonia guanacastensis of the Malvaceae family.

Moths probably emerge approximately one-two months after larvae pupate.

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