Xylophanes maculator
Xylophanes maculator male dorsal
Xylophanes maculator male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Xylophanes
Species:
X. maculator
Binomial name
Xylophanes maculator
(Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Choerocampa maculator Boisduval, 1875
  • Chaerocampa moeschleri Erschoff, 1877
  • Choerocampa wolfi Druce, 1883
  • Xylophanes linearis Clark, 1935

Xylophanes maculator is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico and Belize to Ecuador and further south to Venezuela and Bolivia.[2] The wingspan is 65–75 mm.

Adults are on wing in April, from June to July, August or September and from November to December in Costa Rica but might even be on wing year-round.

The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae (such as Psychotria nervosa and Psychotria horizontalis), Fabaceae (such as Inga vera), Malvaceae and Dilleniaceae (such as Tetracera volubilis) species.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-25.


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