Euryglottis aper male, 120mm, El Valle, Merida, Merida State, Venezuela,
May 6, 1992, 2030m, courtesy of Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral.

Euryglottis aper male, 120mm, El Valle, Merida, Merida State, Venezuela,
May 6, 1992, 2030m, courtesy of Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Euryglottis Boisduval, [1875] ........... Species: aper (Walker, 1856)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Euryglottis aper flies in
Colombia, specimen type locality; Bogota. Specimens also come from
Ecuador: Pichincha (LG); Zamora-Chinchipe (CATE); Napo (CATE);
Peru CATE;
Venezuela: Meria: El Valle; and
Bolivia: Chuspipata (2800m), Department of Beni.

Euryglottis aper by John Vriesi.

The forewing dorsal surface has a well marked discal band of three lines. The outer two lines are not nearly as distinct in guttiventris. The ventral surface of the abdomen has apical dots on sternites 3-5, but these are indistinct as compared with those of Euryglottis guttiventris.

Euryglottis aper (possibly guttiventris)??, Bella Vista Lodge, Pichincha, Ecuador,
October 19, 2009, courtesy of Lief Gabrielsen.

Euryglottis aper, northern Central Cordillera, Colombia,
1600m, courtesy of Joakim Johansson.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Euryglottis aper adults fly in October in Ecuador, and possibly at other times. Hubert Mayer reports a June flight in La Suiza, Oxapampa, Peru.

Euryglottis aper male, Palanda, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador, CATE.

ECLOSION:

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

Euryglottis guttiventris male (top), Euryglottis aper male, (bottom),
Oxapampa, La Suiza, Peru, June, 2004, 2050m, courtesy/copyright of Hubert Mayer.

SCENTING AND MATING:

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

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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