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Updated as per The Known Sphingidae of Costa Rica, November 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Jose Monzon (Guatemala); May 2009 Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, December 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Andres Urbas (near Kaw Mountains, French Guiana, April 8, 2011); April 19, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Gregory Nielsen (Colombia: Meta, Km 13 via Acacias, Villavicencio; 500m, December 29, 2015) January 6, 2016; (December 2, 2020); December 3, 2020 Updated as per personal communication with Marcial Garcia (brown female, Venezuela: Monaga: Caripe, May 25, 2018) May 25, 2018 Updated as per Hawk-moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Trinidad, West Indies: an illustrated and annotated list; Matthew J.W. Cock; April 11, 2022 Sphingidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) assemblage in the State Ecological Station of Wenceslau Guimaraes, Bahia, Brazil, Marlon Paluch, 2021, July 15, 2024 Updated as per persnal communication with Albert Thurman, August 5, 2025 |
Oryba kadeni male, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia,
500m, December 2, 2020, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen.
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
It has been reported in Guatemala (JM);
Costa Rica;
Panama; to
Colombia: Meta: Villavicencio (GN);
Brazil: Para; Bahia: Wenceslau Guimaraes: February;
Bolivia: La Paz, Santa Cruz;
Ecuador;
Peru: Ucayali (VI); Huanuco: Tingo Maria;
Venezuela: Amazonas, Anzoategui,
Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Miranda, Monaga: Caripe (MG); Zulia;
Trinidad; and
French Guiana: Kaw.
It may fly as far north as Belize: Cayo, Toledo (JM). I suspect it also flies in Guyana, Suriname and (Colombia, confirmed by Gregory Nielsen).
This species is taken at elevations from sea level to 1100m in Venezuela.
Oryba kadeni, near Kaw Mountains, French Guiana,
April 8, 2011, courtesy of Andres Urbas.
Oryba kadeni male, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia,
500m, December 2, 2020, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen.
In Greek mythology "Oryba" is one of the twelve cities which Alexander has taken from the Arabians.
The species name is in honour of Kaden who may have had a specimen in his collection.
Oryba kadeni, Rio Sapani, Ucayali, Peru,
October 29 2008, 350m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.
Oryba kadeni, Tingo Maria, Huanuco, Peru,
courtesy of Hilda Ramirez Aranda.
Gregory Nielsen reports an early and a late December flight in Colombia. Marcial Garcia reports a May, 25, 2018, flight in Caripe, Monagas, Venezuela.
Albert Thurman reports an August flight in Fortuna, Chiriqui, Panama. Tim Borski reports a July flight in Cerro Azul, Panama, Panama.
Oryba kadeni, Villavicencia, Meta, Colombia,
December 29, 2015, 500m, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen
Oryba kadeni, Villavicencia, Meta, Colombia,
December 29, 2015, 500m, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen
Oryba kadeni, courtesy of Hubert Mayer copyright.
Oryba kadeni, Cerro Azul, Panama, Panama,
July, 2025, courtesy of Tim Borski.
Oryba kadeni Fortuna, Chiriqui, Panama, August 2019, courtesy of Albert Thurman.
Oryba kadeni female, Caripe, Monagas, Venezuela,
May 25, 2018, courtesy of Marcial Garcia, id by Bill Oehlke.
EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:Larvae are reported on Isertia laevis. Mature larvae probably descend host to pupate amongst leaf litter. |
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