Enyo cavifer cavifer female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878 Genus: Enyo Hubner, [1819] ........... Species: cavifer cavifer Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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DISTRIBUTION:

Enyo cavifer cavifer (Wing span: approx. 60-62 mm) flies from Central America (Mexico and Belize south) to Brazil and Bolivia. Colombia is the specimen type locality.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Enyo cavifer cavifer probably has two to three broods annually, with adults taken in Costa Rica from May to June, August to September and from December to January.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in subterranean chambers.

Enyo cavifer cavifer male 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. Both males and females nectar at flowers. Females are seldom taken at lights while males are more common.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on Cissus aff. biformifolia, Vitus tiliifolia and other members of the Vitaceae family. This one was "caught in the act."

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