Updated as per personal communication with Jean Haxaire, (La Vega, Dominican Republic' April 15, 2016); March 13, 2017

Perigonia desotoi
Walker, 1856

Perigonia desotoi La Vega, Dominican Republic,
courtesy of Jean Haxaire

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Perigonia Herrich-Schaffer, ]1854] ...........
Species: desotoi Haxaire, 2016

DISTRIBUTION:

Perigonia desotoi moths fly in the Dominican Republic: La vega.

FLIGHT TIMES:

The Holotype was taken April 15, 2016 at an elevation of 1820m. There are probably additional flight months.

Perigonia desotoi recto and verso, Dominican Republic,
courtesy of Jean Haxaire

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:

The species name, desotoi, is honourific for fellow collector, Carlos De Sota Molinari.

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