Lintneria porioni courtesy of Jean Haxaire

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Lintneria Butler, 1876 ........... Species: porioni (Cadiou, 1995)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Lintneria porioni flies in
northern Peru: Cajamarca: Limon.

In his The Hawk Moths of North America, 2007, James P. Tuttle has assigned all the Sphinx genus species from Mexico south throughout South American to Lintneria, Butler, 1876, based on consistent differences in wing characters and significant larval differences.

lintneria porioni male, Peru, courtesy of Hubert Mayer.

"Very striking - unlike any other known Lintneria. Forewing apex acute. 51-56 mm.

"2 yellow spots at the tip of the tegulae, similar, but smaller than, those of Lintneria aurigutta.

"Forewing upperside dark grey, with conspicuous, strongly contrasting white markings; 2 diagnostic white streaks, parallel to the veins, between veins M1 and M2, and M2 and M3; a thin, white submarginal line parallel and very close to the outer margin also characteristic; a white subbasal patch and white chevron distal to it along the hind margin apparently unique within the genus." CATE

FLIGHT TIMES:

Lintneria porioni adults probably fly as a single brood from late June to early August and into September.

Lintneria porioni male, northern Peru,
courtesy/copyright of Hubert Mayer.

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. Adults nectar at a variety of flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Please visit my special request for images of Lintneria species larvae at Lintneria larvae, and help if you can.

It is anticipated that the Lintneria larvae will most often be encountered on Lamiaceae: Salvia (Sage), Mentha (Mints), Monarda (Beebalm) and Hyptis (Bushmints); Verbenaceae: Verbena and Lantana camara (shrub verbenas or lantanas).

Although they may be encountered feeding during daylight hours, one is even more likely to discover them feeding in the evening or after dark.

Two of the greatest clues for discovering larvae are stripped foliage and droppings beneath the plant. You might be quite surprised at what will turn up in the evening or after dark in a flashlight assisted search.

It is believed that all "Lintneria larvae will exhibit "a fleshy thoracic dorsal "horn" in the first 4 instars (unique in the Sphingidae of the world to my knowledge) which is replaced by a thoracic dorsal "hump" with a large black patch in the 5th instar." J.A. Tuttle.

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