DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes docilis moths (forewing length = 36-40mm) fly in Ecuador (specimen type locality);
Bolivia: La Paz: Murillo, Zongo Chuchulluni; Zongo, Pacollo; Murillo, Río Zongo to Río Suapi (750m); Nor Yungas, Coroico, (1200m) Cochabamba: Chapare, Yunga del Espíritu Santo; and
Argentina: Jujuy, Salta (600m);
Peru and throughout much of South America.

Docilis is very similar to amadis, but seems to have a straighter line to the outer margin of the forewing.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes docilis adults fly as at least two broods in Peru with moths on the wing in February and again in July-August.

They have been taken in February and November in Argentina.

Females are active from 11:00pm until 1:30am and males are flying from 11:30pm until 2:30am.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Males come in to lights very readily, but females are seldom taken in that way.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae probably feed on plants of the Rubiaceae family and Malvaceae family.

Moths emerge approximately one-two months after larvae pupate.

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