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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 Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) de Venezuela, Compilado por: María Esperanza Chacín; December 2009 Updated as per CATE Sphingidae (Belize, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador,); April 12, 2011 Updated as per French Guiana Systematics; April 12, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Andres Urbas (near Kaw Mountains, French Guiana, April 1, 2011), April 20, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Jim Hogue (Loreto, Peru, February 17-18, 2011), May 12, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Torsten van der Heyden (Costa Rica); March 30, 2014 Updated as per personal communication with Maxime Pastore (Unzela pronoe, Refugio Bartola, El Castillo, Rio San Juan, Nicaragua, January 7, 2015); February 15, 2016 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
Although not confirmed in the following countries, I suspect it is present in Nicaragua (now confirmed); Colombia; Guyana; and Suriname.
This species has now been confirmed in Nicaragua, by Maxime Pastore & Norma Bonilla Ingram, 2015 with a sighting and image from Refugio Bartola, El Castillo, Rio San Juan, Nicaragua, January 7th, 2015.
Maxime writes, "It was found resting under a palm roof of the Refugio, in the evening. I didn't have a good camera but I could take the pic you will find here below. I didn't capture the individual.
"ID thanks to Jean Haxaire (F). Jean-Michel Maes, Director, Museo Entomologico de León (NIC), confirmed the first record for Nicaragua."
Unzela pronoe, Refugio Bartola, El Castillo, Rio San Juan, Nicaragua,
January 7, 2015, courtesy of Maxime Pastore & Norma Bonilla Ingram.
Unzela pronoe Rio Ucayali, NE of Saquena, Loreto, Peru,
February 16-17, 2011, 110m, courtesy of Hartmut Wisch, via Jim Hogue.
Dr. James N. Hogue (JH), Dept. of Biology, Californina State University, has just confirmed Unzela pronoe in PERU: Depto. Loreto, Rio Ucayali, NE of Saquena, 4.56 degrees South 73.49 degrees West, elev. 110 m, 16-17 February 2011, B. J. Hogue.
Unzela pronoe, near Kaw Mountains, French Guiana,
April 1, 2011, courtesy of Andres Urbas.
The dorsal forewing is similar to that of Unzela japix japix but the dark cell mark is in strong contrast to the lighter brown surrounding median area. The outer am line is angulate or sinuate in pronoe but very straight in japix.
There are records form Costa Rica in November. I belive there are three generations per year in Costa Rica.
The "horn" is very long in early instars and head is relatively large. As the larva matures, the body develops rapidly, leaving the head relatively small and the "horn" relatively short.
The pupa is dark and smooth with a sharp cremaster.
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