Pachygonidia subhamata

Pachygonidia subhamata male, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878 Genus: Pachygonidia Fletcher, 1982 ........... Species: subhamata Walker, 1856

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DISTRIBUTION:

Pachygonidia subhamata, (wingspan: 62-75mm, males smaller than females), flies in Brazil, Venezuela MEC, Ecuador HK, probably Colombia WO (no file yet), and possibly other South American countries, and north through Central America: Panama WO, Costa Rica DJ, Nicaragua WO, Honduras WO, Guatemala WO, El Salvador WO, to Mexico MBL, and Belize JM.

FLIGHT TIMES:

There are probably several flights throughout the year. Horst Kach sent me this image of Pachygonidia subhamata (bottom right) from Los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, along with three specimens of the very rare Pachygonidia odile (one female top left), all captured between November and April, 2003 and 2004.

ECLOSION:

Larvae probably pupate in thin walled cocoons under leaf litter.

SCENTING AND MATING:

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

Pachygonidia subhamata female, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE: