NEOGENE INTERMEDIA

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Neogene Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 ...........
Species: intermedia B. P. Clark, 1925

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DISTRIBUTION:

Neogene intermedia (Wing span: ) flies in Paraguay.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Neogene intermedia adults fly

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Adults probably nectar at a variety of flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on

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