Isognathus allamandae

Isognathus allamandae
B. P. Clark, 1920

Isognathus allamandae, Pair: male 68 mm; female 78 mm, June,
Reserva Vale da Solidão, 14o22’S 56o07’W, 450 m, Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil,
courtesy of Eurides Furtado.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Isognathus G. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 ...........
Species: allamandae B. P. Clark, 1920

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DISTRIBUTION:

Isognathus allamandae (Wing span: male: 68mm; females: 78mm), flies in Brazil (specimen type locality) to Venezuela. Specimens have been taken in Argentina.

FLIGHT TIMES:

There are probably several flights throughout the year. Specimens have beeen recorded for June.

ECLOSION:

Moths emerge from pupae in thin-walled cocoons under leaf litter.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Adults nectar at flowers, including petunia.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Females lay eggs on Apocynaceae including Allamanda blanchetii and Allamanda cathartica.

Larvae pupate in cocoons spun amongst leaf litter.

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