Orecta lycidas lycidas

Orecta lycidas lycidas
(Boisduval, [1875]) Ambulyx

Orecta lycidas lycidas male: 78 mm,
São Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
September, courtesy of Eurides Furtado.

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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 lycidas, (Boisduval, [1875])

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DISTRIBUTION:

Orecta lycidas lycidas flies in Brazil.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Orecta lycidas lycidas adults are on the wing in September, and probably at other times.

Orecta lycidas lycidas larvae feed upon Laurus nobilis and Nectandra venulosa.

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.

Laurus nobilis
Nectandra venulosa......

Bay laurel
Nectandra venulosa

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