Photographer;
Peter Møllmann.
Idification by Dominik
Hofer on facebook.
Manduca lefeburii (Guerin-Meneville,
1844). Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia december
23, 2018. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Jean
Haxaire:
Difficult but to me more lefeburii than prestoni.
Comment on facebook dec. 24,
2018.
Hannibal's
Sphinx, Manduca
hannibal (Cramer, 1779). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia d. 1 february 2020.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
ID by Nikolaj Kleissl
Tobacco
Hornworm
Lucifer
Sphinx
Beelzebuth
Sphinx
Beelzebuth
Sphinx
Manduca
sexta
Amphonyx
lucifer
Cocytius
beelzebuth
Cocytius
beelzebuth
(Linnaeus, 1764).
(Rothschild and
Jordan, 1903).
(Boisduval, 1875).
(Boisduval, 1875).
Yungas, Bolivia January
February, 2005 - 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann &
Lars Andersen
Lucifer
Hawk Moth, Amphonyx
lucifer (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia january
31, 2017 and december 25, 2019.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Dupochel's
Sphinx
Dupochel's
Sphinx
Dupochel's
Sphinx
Cocytius
mortuorum
Amphonyx
duponchel
Amphonyx
duponchel
Amphonyx
duponchel
(Rothschild
and Jordan, 1910).
(Poey, 1832).
(Poey, 1832).
(Poey, 1832).
Yungas, Bolivia January
February, 2005 - 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann &
Lars Andersen
Cocytius
mortuorum (Jordan,
1910).
Manduca
scutata (Rothschild &
Jordan, 1903).
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 20, 2017.
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia February 7, 2017.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Here
one of the largest Hawkmoths from hotel Esmeralda,
Coroico, Yungas on 28 January 2007; Dupochel's
Sphinx, Amphonyx duponcheli. Photographer; Lars
Andersen.
Measurements have been a female of 150 mm in wing
span, their long Proboscis at 20 cm .
Dupochel's
Sphinx, Amphonyx duponcheli. Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia d. 26 december 2019.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Here one
of the world's largest Hawkmoths Giant Sphinx, Cocytius
antaeus (Drury, 1773). Measurements have been a female
of 183 mm in wingspan, their long Proboscis at
90 -140 mm and sip nectar from flowers Angels Trumpet, Brugmansia species in twilight. The
caterpillars call hornworms living on Custard Apple, Annona glabra. Distribution from Brazil to
Texas.
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Darwin Hawkmoth,Amphimoea
walkeri (Boisduval, 1875).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia february
7, 2022. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Long Proboscis Hawkmoth, Amphimoea
walkeri (Boisduval, 1875). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia february 8, 2018.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Long
Proboscis Hawkmoth or
Darwin Hawkmoth, Amphimoea
walkeri (Boisduval, 1875). The
wingspan is 147–164 mm.
Adults are on wing year round. They have
the longest insect proboscis in the world,
and nectar from deep-throated flowers as Angel's
Trumpet, Brugmansia
arborea while hovering in the air.
Larvae feed on Anaxagorea
crassipetala, a lowland rain forest
tree of Costa Rica and surrounding areas,
and probably other members of the Annonaceae family.
The proboscis of this hawk
moth is long enough to reach the nectar
receptacle of the orchid, which is
between 20 and 28 cm in length.
Here another hawkmoth
species with long proboscis from
Madagascar; Dawins Hawkmoth, Xanthopan
morganii praedicta (Rothschild
& Jordan, 1903).
Named in honour of its predicted
existence by Charles Darwin and Alfred
Russel Wallace, exclusively pollinates
the Madagascar Darwin's
Orchid, Angraecum
sesquipedale (Thouars, 1822).
The proboscis of this hawk moth is long
enough to reach the nectar receptacle of
the orchid, which is between 20 and 30,5
cm in length.
Long Proboscis Hawkmoth, Amphimoea
walkeri (Boisduval, 1875). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia february 24, 2019.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
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Euryglottis
dognini (Rothschild, 1896). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia d. 11 february 2020.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
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Protambulyx eurycles (Herrich-Schaffer,1855). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia February 12, 2016.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Protambulyx eurycles (Herrich-Schaffer,1855). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia January 9, 2017.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Protambulyx sulphurea (Rothschild, 1894). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia January 19, 2017.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Streaked Sphinx, Protambulyx
strigilis.
Mallacita, Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia January
30, 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Streaked Sphinx, Protambulyx
strigilis.
(Linnaeus, 1771). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia January 28, 2017.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Protambulyx
goeldii (Rothschild &
Jordan, 1903).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia december
22, 2018.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Protambulyx
sulphurea (Rothschild, 1894).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia december
17, 2018.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Streaked
Sphinx
Adhemarius
ypsilon
Protambulyx
strigilis
(Rothschild &
Jordan, 1903)
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia december 2014.
Photographer; Jan
Flindt Christensen
Streaked
Sphinx
Protambulyx
strigilis
Protambulyx
eurycles
(Linnaeus, 1771)
(Herrich-Schaffer,1855).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia January
February, 2007 - 2010. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Daphne Sphinx, Adhemarius
daphne (Boisduval, 1875). Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia January February, 2007 -
2010. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Adhemarius gannascus (Stoll, 1790). Consata,
Yungas, Bolivia February 21, 2016.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Adhemarius gannascus (Stoll, 1790). Consata,
Yungas, Bolivia January 19, 2017.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Adhemarius tigrina (R.
Felder, 1874).Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia december 29, 2018.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Adhemarius ypsilon (Rothschild
& Jordan, 1903).Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia february 1, 2019.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
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Aleuron
chloroptera
(Perty, 1833).
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 27, 2016.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
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Darceta
Sphinx
Pachylioides species?
Pachylia
darceta
Pachylioides
resumens
Pachylioides
resumens
(Druce,
1881).
(Walker,
1856).
(Walker,
1856).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia January
27 - February 17, 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Eumorpha
analis (Rothschild & Jordan,
1903).
Copacabana, Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia January
27, 2016.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Fig
Sphinx,
Pachylia ficus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia January
20, 2007.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Eumorpha triangulum (Rothschild & Jordan
1903). Xylophanes striatum (Krutov & Ivshin,
2020).
Maybe a
Xylophanes lamontagnei ( Vaglia & Haxaire, 2008).
But we need to see the hindwings to be sure?
Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia January
27, 2006.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
ID by Jean
Haxaire January
28. 2022
Eumorpha triangulum (Rothschild
& Jordan 1903) female.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia january
27, 2022. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann.
ID by Jean Haxaire.
Striped
Vine Sphinx,
Eumorpha vitis
(Linnaeus, 1758).
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 20, 2007 and
February 17, 2016.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen and
Peter Møllmann
Obscure
Sphinx,
Alope
Sphinx,
Zebra
Sphinx,
Erinnyis
obscura (Fabricius, 1775).
Erinnyis
alope (Drury, 1770).
Isognathus
leachi (Svainson, 1823).
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 20, 2017.
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 28, 2017.
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 28, 2017.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Thanks to Jean Haxaire to identify Sphingidae species from Bolivia
Isognathus menechus (Boisduval,
1875). Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia january
22, 2022. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Zebra Sphinx, Isognathus
leachi (Svainson, 1823). Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia december 29, 2019.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
ID by Matthew Nochisaki
Tetrio
Sphinx Moth
Oleander
Sphinx Moth
Cramer's
Sphinx Moth
Pseudosphinx
tetrio
Erinnyis
oenotrus male
Erinnyis
crameri.
(Linnaeus, 1771).
(Cramer, 1782)
(Schaus, 1898)
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 27 -
February 17, 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Cluentius
Sphinx, Neococytius
cluentius (Cramer,
1776).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d.
22 december 2019.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Cluentius
Sphinx,
Neococytius cluentius (Cramer,
1776) female.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia february
5, 2019.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Cluentius
Sphinx, Neococytius cluentius (Cramer 1776) female
from Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia Recorded January
31, 2020.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Mournful Sphinx, Enyo
lugubris
(Linnaeus, 1771).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d. 6
february 2007 and 12
february 2008.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
Mournful
Sphinx, Enyo
lugubris (Linnaeus, 1771) male
and female.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d. 1
january 2020. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Mournful
Sphinx,
Enyo lugubris
(Linnaeus, 1771).
Caranavi, Bolivia d.
20 february 2007.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Perigonia
stulta
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1854).
Caranavi, Bolivia d.
19 january 2010.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Enyo
bathus otiosus
(Kernbach, 1957) male.
Caranavi, Bolivia d.
19 january 2010.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Enyo
bathus otiosus
(Kernbach, 1957) female.
Coroico, Bolivia d.
21 january 2006.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 27 -
February 17, 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Pluto
Sphinx,
Madoryx plutonius
(Hübner, 1819) female.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia january
7, 2019.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Pluto
Sphinx,
Madoryx plutonius
(Hübner, 1819) male.
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia february
15, 2016.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Madoryx
bubastus (Cramer,
1777).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d.
25 december 2019.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
ID by Andrés
Miguel Orellana
Enyo gorgon female
Riscus
Hawkmoth, Nyceryx
riscus
Half-Blind
Sphinx, Perigonia
lusca
(Cramer,
1777).
(Schaus,
1890).
(Fabricius,
1777).
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 27 -
February 17, 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Snake Mimic Sphinx, Hemeroplanes
triptolemus (Cramer, 1779).
Consata, Yungas, Bolivia February
21, 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann.
And Idification by Jean
Haxaire on facebook.
Snake Mimic Sphinx on Youtube.
A particularly
distinctive mimicry of a snake involves
the Snake Mimic Sphinx, Hemeroplanes
triptolemus (Cramer, 1779) which
mimics especially palm
pitvipers,
the genus Bothriechis. But it is a generalised
mimicry which most probably also pertains
to many other serpents.
Is found in tropical America from Costa
Rica to northern Argentina.
In its larval form, the Hemeroplanes
triptolemus is capable of expanding
its anterior body segments to give it the
appearance of a snake, complete with eye
patches. This snake mimicry extends even
to the point where it will harmlessly
strike at potential predators as birds,
reptiles and amphibians.
The larva lives on Mesechites
trifida
in dogbane, Apocynaceae familie.
Snake Mimic Sphinx, Hemeroplanes
triptolemus (Cramer, 1779).
Rio Broncini, Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia January
17, 2022. Photographer; Henrik
Bringsøe
Xylophanes
pistacina
(Boisduval, 1875).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia december
1, 2021.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Xylophanes
undata(Rothschild &
Jordan, 1903).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia january
21, 2022.
Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Xylophanes fusimacula (Felder,
1874). Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia december
9, 2021. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Eumorpha phorbas (Felder,
1874). Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia december
21, 2021. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Eumorpha labruscae - Xylophanes
porcus
Xylophanes chiron
A drinking small hawkmoths;
Aellopos ceculus / syn. gehleni and Fadus
Sphinx, Aellopos
fadus
from Bolivia. Sometime the Aellopos species go a longer swim
underwater.
Allopos
"waterdiving" 240fps
Aellopos
ceculus (Cramer, 1777). Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia december 31, 2019.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
Fadus Sphinx, Aellopos
fadus (Cramer,
1776). Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia january
28, 2010.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
View
from Hotel Esmeralda. Coroico, Yungas,
Bolivia 3th january 2005. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia
arborea.
Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia 1th
january 2005.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
Banded Sphinx Moth, Eumorpha
fasciatus (Sulzer, 1776) larvae are swimming.
Coroico,
Yungas, Bolivia 4th february 2010. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
ID by Ale Borquez january 2,
2020
