Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, February 2009
Updated as per Hawkmoths of Venezuela, February 2009.
Updated as per CATE (Carabaya, Peru; February 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Vladimir Izersky (Junin, Peru), February 2009

Nyceryx hyposticta
(R. Felder, 1874)

Nyceryx hyposticta, Coviriali, Junin, Peru,
November 21, 2008, 662m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Nyceryx Boisduval, [1875] ...........
Species: hyposticta R. Felder, 1874

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DISTRIBUTION:

Nyceryx hyposticta flies in Colombia, the specimen type locality, and in
Venezuela: Merida, Tachira, 0-2425m; through
Ecuador to
Peru: Junin (662m), Carabaya; and
Bolivia: Lapaz (750, 1200, 3200m), Cochabamba.

Nyceryx hyposticta, Coviriali, Junin, Peru,
November 21, 2008, 662m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month. They have been reported in Bolivia from February to May. Vladimir Izersky reports a November flight in Peru.

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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