Nyceryx furtadoi
Haxaire, 1996

Nyceryx furtadoi, Pair: Paratype male 60 mm; female 60 mm. September-October,
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: Nyceryx Boisduval, [1875] ...........
Species: furtadoi Haxaire, 1996

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DISTRIBUTION:

Nyceryx furtadoi flies in Brazil: Goiás; Mato Grosso; Mato Grosso do Sul, the specimen type locality, and in Bolivia.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month. The Paratype male was taken in September-October.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose, usually within three weeks.

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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