| Xylophanes cyrene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Xylophanes |
| Species: | X. cyrene |
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| Xylophanes cyrene | |
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Xylophanes cyrene is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1881. It is found in Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize and south to Oxapampa in Peru. [2]
The wingspan is 76–91 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes amadis but the upperside ground colour is brownish and the pale median band is always uninterrupted by black streaks along the veins.
Adults are probably on wing year round in Costa Rica.
The larvae feed on Curatella americana , Psychotria panamensis and Psychotria grandis . Early instars are generally green, but there are green and dark colour morphs in the final instar.
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Xylophanes aglaor is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.
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Xylophanes juanita is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico and Belize to Costa Rica.
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Xylophanes loelia is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1878.
Xylophanes media is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Xylophanes mirabilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Colombia.
Xylophanes suana is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1889.
Xylophanes undata is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
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