DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes schausi serenus fly in
Brazil (specimen type locality);
Peru: Loreto (SS); and
Bolivia: Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Beni.

I believe the specimens from Venezuela are now also recognized as subspecies serenus.

"Identical to Xylophanes schausi schausi except that the olive-green submarginal patch between M1 and M3 on the forewing upperside is only very slightly indicated. The diagnostic feature of this subspecies is also found in several specimens of Xylophanes schausi schausi in BMNH from SE Brazil and other localities, and thus the validity of Xylophanes schausi serenus is questionable." CATE

Xylophanes schausi serenus male, Rio Madeira, Brazil, CATE,
on my home computer only.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes schausi serenus adults

ECLOSION:

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

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 probably feed on plants in the Rubiaceae family and Malvaceae families.

Moths emerge approximately one-two months after larvae pupate.

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