Orecta lycidas eos
Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, October 2007

Orecta lycidas eos
(Burmeister, 1878) Philampelus

Orecta lycidas eos courtesy of John Vriesi.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Sphingoidea, Dyar, 1902
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Smerinthini, Grote & Robinson, 1865
Genus: Orecta, Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species: lycidas eos, (Burmeister, 1875)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Orecta lycidas eos flies in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia: Chuquisaca (2000m).

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Orecta lycidas eos adults are .

Orecta lycidas eos larvae feed upon plants in the Lauraceae family.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Larval Food Plants


Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants.It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

Lauraceae .......

Lauraceae

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