Xylophanes xylobotes, Rio Natal, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
October 23, 2011, courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839 Genus: Xylophanes Hubner [1819] ........... Species: xylobotes Burmeister, 1878

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DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes xylobotes flies in
Peru (specimen type locality); and in
Brazil: Minas Gerais: Itapeva (HM); Santa Catarina: Rio Natal (JH).

Xylophanes xylobotes male, Itapeva, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
May 13, 1990, 1300m, courtesy of Hubert Mayer.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes xylobotes adults probably have three generations annually in Peru: in February, in May-June and in October. Jean Haxaire reports an october flight in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

ECLOSION:

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

Xylophanes xylobotes by John Vriesi.

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 in the Rubiaceae family.

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