Kloneus babayaga

Kloneus babayaga, male, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Kloneus Skinner, 1923 ...........
Species: babayaga Skinner, 1923

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DISTRIBUTION:

Kloneus babayaga flies in Nicaragua, the specimen type locality, and probably from Mexico to Costa Rica. It is also reported from northern Venezuela.

Kloneus babayaga courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose, usually within three weeks, from pupae formed in flimsy cocoons spun amongst leaf litter.

Kloneus babayaga courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

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 and spin a very flimsy cocoon amongst leaf litter.

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