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Common Name(s): Titan Sphinx
Ecology: Adult description: This is a very small day-flying sphingid with forewings 29-35mm in length (1). Aellopos species are quite tricky to differentiate. All species have the same overall appearance, brown/black forewings with various amounts of white patterning and a thick white abdominal segment. Aellopos titan can be differentiated from Aellopos fadus by a well defined black dot in the discal cell (1). Both Aellopos titan and Aellopos fadus are relatively the same size and both have 2 parallel white bands on the forewings, Aellopos fadus usually has 5 or so white dots in the submarginal band, a few are divided in half by black lines, Aellopos titan has 4-5 undivided white marks in this area. . Aellopos titan generally has 4-5 white markings along the forewing before the submarginal area where Aellopos clavipes usually only has 3 marks. In Aellopos tantalus there is minimal white area and it is overall much smaller. Aellopos titan has a very distinctive white bar from the black discal spot to the bottom edge of the forewing. The hindwings of this species are black with a gray anal angle and a yellowish top margin (1). Larval description: L5: The larva is green but may have a blue tint. There are 7 diagonal abdominal streaks which may be entirely reduced except the first and last. The streaks may also be bordered in black. The last abdominal streak is quite thick and white in color and leads to the horn. The horn is green or green-blue in color and angles backward slightly. There is a thin smooth yellow collar behind the head. All Aellopos larvae have smooth plain green head capsules. Host plants: Click here to load this Caspio Cloud Database
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(C) Rosemary Seidler
(C) Eric Olsen
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The gallery to the left contains photos of Aellopos titan adults. If you have a photo that you would like to submit to us, please contact us.
The gallery to the right contains photos of Aellopos titan larval and pupal stages. If you have a photo that you would like to submit to us, please contact us.
The gallery to the right contains photos of Aellopos titan larval and pupal stages. If you have a photo that you would like to submit to us, please contact us.
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