Phanoxyla

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Phanoxyla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subtribe: Choerocampina
Genus: Phanoxyla
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
P. hystrix
Binomial name
Phanoxyla hystrix
(R. Felder, 1874) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa hystrixR. Felder, 1874
Phanoxyla kitchingi holotype (Colombia, Antioquia, Vereda Cano Seco, Rio Nare) male upperside Phanoxyla kitchingi holotype (Colombia, Antioquia, Vereda Cano Seco, Rio Nare) male upperside.jpg
Phanoxyla kitchingi holotype (Colombia, Antioquia, Vereda Caño Seco, Rio Nare) male upperside

Phanoxyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Phanoxyla hystrix, described by Rudolf Felder in 1874, is known from northern South America, including Brazil and Ecuador. [2]

Adults are probably on wing year round.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ↑ "Phanoxyla hystrix (R. Felder, [1874])". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-10-26.


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