PERIGONIA PASSERINA

Perigonia passerina courtesy of John Vriesi.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Perigonia Herrich-Schaffer, ]1854] ...........
Species: passerina Boisduval, [1875]

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DISTRIBUTION:

Perigonia passerina moths fly in Brazil and Argentina.

Perigonia passerina, Río Negro, Argentina,
courtesy of Daniel Rojas Lanus.

FLIGHT TIMES:

ECLOSION:

SCENTING AND MATING:

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

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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