Xylophanes staudingeri?, faded to brown?, courtesy of MAES J.M.
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Xylophanes staudingeri male, 86mm,
Guanacaste, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839 Genus: Xylophanes Hubner [1819] ........... Species: staudingeri Rothschild, 1894

DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes staudingeri (wingspan: males: 70-86mm; females: 98mm) fly in
Panama, the specimen type locality;
Guatemala Izabal (JM);
Nicaragua;
Costa Rica: Guanacaste (DJ).

In some taxonomies this species is treated as a synonym of X. amadis cyrene which has been elevated to full species status as cyrene. Generally, however, cyrene is brownish and staudingeri is green. I think the green can quickly fade to brown in specimen collections.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes staudingeri adults fly ????

ECLOSION:

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

Xylophanes staudingeri, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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.

Xylophanes staudingeri female, 98mm,
Guanacaste, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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