Caterpillars of the
World - Peru
Banded Sphinx
Eumorpha
fasciatus
SULZER, 1776
Family -
SPHINGIDAE
subfamily -
MACROGLOSSINAE
Tribe -
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Eumorpha fasciatus, Rio
Pindayo,
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Introduction
The
family Sphingidae comprises 200 genera and about 1200 known
species worldwide.
There
are about 20 species in the genus Eumorpha, found variously from Canada to
Argentina.
Eumorpha fasciatus is distributed
from eastern Canada to Bolivia.
Habitats
This larva was found
in primary rainforest, at an altitude of about 200m.
Lifecycle
The mature larva
can be yellow, greenish-yellow, green and red,
or yellow and red; and the combinations of these colours can vary
from segment to segment on an individual larva. When young the
larva has a long and very thin caudal horn, but this is reduced to
a stump in the final instar. The white objects on the illustrated
larva are the cocoons of a parasitoid wasp.
Adult
The adult is
very similar in appearance to Eumorpha vitis which is illustrated
below.
Eumorpha vitis, female, Satipo, Peru
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