Xylophanes robinsonii courtesy of John Vriesi.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839 Genus: Xylophanes Hubner [1819] ........... Species: robinsonii Grote, 1865

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DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes robinsonii [Forewing length: Males: 22mm; females larger than males] flies in Cuba, (specimen type locality).

Xylophanes robinsonii is similar to Xylophanes fosteri, but robinsonii is much smaller; forewing postmedian lines are better developed; the discal spot is without darker dashes or a darker cloud immediately distal to it; first postmedian line reaching beyond M1; second postmedian line distally double, reaching beyond Rs4; fourth an fifth postmedian lines reaching from apex to CuA2.

The tegula have a golden-yellow midline (brighter than in either Xylophanes fosteri or Xylophanes turbata). CATE

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes robinsoni probably broods continuously.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterrqnean 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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Xylophanes robinsonii male, Holguin, Cuba,
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