DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes kaempferi moths fly in
Paraguay (specimen type locality).

"Very similar to Xylophanes elara but forewing apex less falcate Hindwing upperside as in Xylophanes elara but dark scaling of submarginal band lacking, rendering the band entirely green." CATE

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes kaempferi adults probably brood continuously.

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. Males come in to lights very readily, but females are seldom taken in that way.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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

Moths emerge approximately one-two months after larvae pupate.

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