DISTRIBUTION:

Eumorpha satellitia licaon flies from
extreme southern Texas and
Mexico;
Nicaragua: Madriz, Matagalpa, Boaco, Chinandega, Leon, Managua, Masaya, Granada, Rivas, Chontales, Rio San Juan;
Costa Rica: Guancaste, Puntarenas, Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Limon;
south to Brazil to Bolivia: Santa Cruz, La Paz (700-1000m);
Paraguay: Alto Paraguay, Boqueron, Presidente Hayes, Concepcion, Canindeyu, Cordillera, Guaira, Caaguazu, Alto Parana, Paraguari, Caazapa.

Mike Quinn provides this larval image from extreme southern Texas.

Eumorpha satellitia licaon, October 24, 2005,
Hidalgo County, Texas, courtesy of Mike Quinn.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Eumorpha satellitia licaon adults are on the wing from
Eumorpha satellitia licaon larvae feed upon .

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Pupae wiggle to surface just prior to eclosion. Females call at night, and males fly into the wind to pick up and track the pheromone plume.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Jim tuttle writes, "In Eumorpha satellitia the white panels are completely enclosed in black whereas in E. vitis the ends of the black panels remain open. Also, satellitia has a faint subdorsal longitudinal stripe that touches the top of the white panels that is lacking in vitis."

I suspect there is also a green form.

Larval Food Plants

Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants. It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

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