DISTRIBUTION:

Nyceryx tacita flies from Mexico, Guatemala (JM), and Costa Rica and Panama, the specimen type locality, to Bolivia.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Moths are probably on the wing in just about every month. No records for January or March in Costa Rica.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose, usually within three to five weeks from pupation date.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

Nyceryx tacita female, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE: Larvae feed on Pentagonia donnell-smithii, and Chimarrhis parviflora. Late instar larvae take on more colouration. The head region becomes quite distinctive. Dan Janzen images. Pupa is smooth and shiny with some creases around the thorax.

Moths eclose from pupae within three to five weeks for July-August flights.

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