Type locality:
America; Asia [erroneous]
Type repository:
Syntype(s): LSUK, UUZM
Ecology:
Collected from an unidentified species of Bombacaceae.
Flight period:
II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, XII
Size:
44-63 mm
Remarks:
Morphologically well discernible from E. goliath (Lap. & Gory). Distribution of both taxa apparently more or less allopatric, with a restricted overlap area in Colombia and Venezuela. Observations in the field also indicate different host plant preferences.
Euchroma giganteum (Linnaeus, 1758)
General Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru,
?Suriname, Venezuela
Distribution in Venezuela: AM, BA, BO, DA, GU, PO, SU, TA
♀: VE, Edo. Amazonas, Las Garcitas, MHCB.
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