Hemeroplanes longistriga

Hemeroplanes longistriga
heh-mer-oh-PLAY-neesmm long-ih-STRIG-uh
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) Leucorhampha

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TAXONOMY:

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

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DISTRIBUTION:

Hemeroplanes longistriga (wingspan: mm) flies in Brazil (specimen type locality) and Ecuador.

I believe the genus name comes from the Greek "Hemero" = everyday life and "planes" = rhealm.

"Stryga" is derived from a Greek word meaning 'bird of the night' or 'vampire'. "Longi" means long.

FLIGHT TIMES:

There are probably at least two generations annually with peak flights in January-February and again in June-July.

ECLOSION:

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

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