Cautethia yucatana female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839 Genus: Cautethia Grote, 1865 ........... Species: yucatana B. P. Clark, 1919

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DISTRIBUTION:

Cautethia yucatana, [wingspan: 34-35 mm], flies in
Mexico;
Belize: Corozol; and
Costa Rica: Guanacaste;
and sometimes strays into the southern U.S..

FLIGHT TIMES:

Cautethia yucatana adults fly as multiple broods in Costa Rica and nectar at flowers.

ECLOSION:

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

Cautethia yucatana male courtesy of Dan Janzen.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on Chiococca alba and probably other species of the Rubiaceae family.

Moths emerge in as few as fourteen days from pupation.

Larvae are subject to parasitization from Belvosia sp. 7 of the Tachinidae family.

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