Sphingidae of Costa Rica

Although I believe these "tribal" checklists contain only species within Costa Rica, there may be omissions. Special thanks goes to Dan Janzen who has given me permission to resize and use his many images. This checklist also comes from his work.

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Thanks also to Tony James who has sent images and data from his travels in Costa Rica.

Tony writes, "We were in Costa Rica between 12th and 26th September 2008, and spent most of our time at a tourist hotel (Grande Papagayo) near Panamá on the north-west coast of the Tamarindo Peninsula. On the 22nd September we took a Jeep to Arenal for 2 nights, staying at the Arenal Lodge Hotel.

At the Grande Papagayo Hotel, our room was under trees (see GP Environment pic), and we ran a small net and UV trap on our veranda there for 9 nights (see GP Trap) bringing in over 90 species of moths, of which 3 species were members of the Sphingidae. These were:"

Nyceryx riscus, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 17-20, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James.

Xylophanes porcus, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 15-17, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.

Manduca barnesi, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 13, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.

Many thanks also to Jim Sogaard for his discovery of Orecta venedictoffae in Costa Rica.

Cameron Prybol sends this beautiful image of Nyceryx tacita from San Luis, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Nyceryx tacita, San Luis, Puntarenas, Costa Rica,
June 26, 2012, courtesy of Cameron Prybol, id by Bill Oehlke.

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Sphingini Agrius cingulata Amphimoea walkeri Cocytius antaeus Cocytius beelzebuth Cocytius duponchel Cocytius lucifer Dolbogene igualana Manduca albiplaga Manduca barnesi TJ Manduca corallina Manduca dalica Manduca dilucida Manduca florestan Manduca hannibal Manduca lanuginosa Manduca lefeburii Manduca muscosa Manduca occulta Manduca ochus Manduca opima Manduca pellenia Manduca rustica Manduca schausi Manduca sexta Neococytius cluentius Sphinx biolleyi ? extinct in Costa Rica ? Sphinx merops

Smerinthini Adhemarius daphne Adhemarius dariensis Adhem. fulvescens Adhemarius gannascus form interrupta TJ Adhemarius palmeri Adhemarius ypsilon Ore. venedictoffae JS Protambulyx eurycles Protambulyx goeldii Protambulyx strigilis

Dilophonotini Aellopos ceculus Aellopos clavipes Aellopos fadus Aellopos titan Aleuron carinata Aleuron chloroptera Aleuron iphis Aleuron neglectum Callionima denticulata Callionima falcifera Callionima inuus Callionima nomius Callionima pan Callionima parce Enyo cavifer Enyo gorgon Enyo lugubris Enyo ocypete Enyo taedium Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis domingonis Erinnyis ello Erinnyis lassauxii Erinnyis obscura Erinnyis oenotrus Erinnyis yucatana Eupyrr. sagra Hemeroplanes ornatus Hemero. triptolemus Isognathus caricae Isognathus rimosa Isognathus scyron Kloneus babayaga Madoryx bubastus Madoryx oiclus Madoryx plutonius Nyceryx coffaeae Nyceryx ericea Nyceryx eximia Nyceryx magna Nyceryx riscus TJ Nyceryx stuarti Nyceryx tacita Oryba achemenides Oryba kadeni Pachyg. caliginosa not confirmed in CR Pachygonidia drucei Pachygonidia hopfferi Pachygonidia ribbei Pachygonidia subhamata Pachylia darceta Pachylia ficus Pachylia syces Pachylio. resumens TJ Perigonia ilus Perigonia lusca Perigonia stulta Phryxus caicus Pseudosphinx tetrio Stolidoptera tachasara Unzela japix Unzela pronoe

Philampelini Eum. anchemolus Eumorpha capronnieri Eumorpha fasciatus Eumorpha labruscae Eumorpha megaeacus Eumorpha obliquus Eumorpha phorbas Eumorpha satellitia Eum. triangulum TJ Eumorpha vitis

Macroglossini Cautethia spuria Cautethia yucatana Hyles lineata Xylophanes acrus Xylophanes adalia Xylophanes anubus Xylophanes belti X. ceratomioides Xylophanes chiron Xylophanes crotonis Xylophanes cyrene Xylophanes germen Xylophanes godmani Xylophanes guianensis Xyloph. hannemanni Xylophanes jordani Xylophanes juanita Xyl. letiranti Xylophanes libya Xylophanes loelia Xylophanes maculator Xyloph. neoptolemus Xylophanes pistacina Xylophanes pluto Xyloph. porcus TJ Xylophanes rhodina Xyloph. staudingeri Xylophanes tersa Xylophanes thyelia Xylophanes titana Xylophanes turbata Xylophanes tyndarus Xylophanes undata Xylophanes zurcheri

Madoryx plutonius, Costa Rica, courtesy of Amy Lowell.

Eumorpha triangulum, Arenal Lodge Hotel, Alejuela, Costa Rica,
September 22, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.

I have identified the Eumorpha specimen, directly above, as E. triangulum based on the dark trapezoidal patch emanating from the costa just prior to the apex. In E. triangulum this patch continues into the next intraneural segment while in the very similar E. anchemolus the same area remains a trapezoid without the "tailed" extension into the next section. E. triangulum is noted by Dan Janzen as a rain forest/cloud forest species, and the higher altitude that would be experienced at the Arenal Lodge is probably more to the liking of E. triangulum as compared to E. anchemolus.

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