Hyles annei
Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, October 2007
Updated as per personal communication with Patrick Demez (Peru, Ica Province, Ica City, Puente Blanco, last week of Agust 2009); September 7, 2009

Hyles annei
(Guerin-Meneville, 1839) Sphinx

Hyles annei, Puente Blanco, Ica, southwestern Peru, last week in August, 2009, courtesy of Patrick Demez.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839
Genus: Hyles Hubner, [1819] ...........
Species: annei (Guerin-Meneville, 1839)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Hyles annei flies in Chile,
Bolivia: La Paz: Murillo, La Paz;
southwestern Peru: Ica (Patrick Demez); and
Argentina: San Juan.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Hyles annei adults fly in August (PD) and probably in other months.

Hyles annei courtesy of Andres Angulo

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.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on

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