Xylophanes chiron | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Xylophanes |
Species: | X. chiron |
Binomial name | |
Xylophanes chiron | |
Synonyms | |
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Xylophanes chiron is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1771.
It can be found in Mexico down to northern Argentina and in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Jamaica.
The wingspan range is 77–81 mm.
The larvae feed on Rubiaceae species.
Adhemarius gannascus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790.
Parum is monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its single species, Parum colligata, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Amphimoea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Amphimoea walkeri, the Darwin hawkmoth, described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875, is found from Mexico south to Argentina.
Xylophanes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. As of 2000, there are about 96 species and subspecies included in the genus.
Acosmeryx anceus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781, and it is known from India, New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia.
Langia zenzeroides, the apple hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1872.
Polyptychus trilineatus, the common crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from large parts of South Asia.
Polyptychus chinensis, the Chinese crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago.
Callionima inuus is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Xylophanes adalia is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1881. It is known from Panama, Costa Rica north to south-eastern Belize and Mexico. In the south, it ranges as far as Ecuador.
Xylophanes libya, the Libya sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1878. It is known from southern Texas, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama and from Venezuela south and west to Bolivia and Paraguay.
Xylophanes macasensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1922. It is found from Ecuador south into Bolivia.
Xylophanes media is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Xylophanes porcus, the porcus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The family was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Xylophanes schausi is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894.
Xylophanes schwartzi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Ecuador.
Xylophanes titana is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1878.
Xylophanes vagliai is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Ecuador.
Eupanacra malayana, the Malayan rippled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Euryglottis albostigmata is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1895.