Xylophanes marginalis

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Xylophanes marginalis
Xylophanes marginalis MHNT CUT 2010 0 399 Boraceia (Sao Paulo) Brazil, male dorsal.jpg
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Male ventral
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Xylophanes
Species:
X. marginalis
Binomial name
Xylophanes marginalis
Clark, 1917 [1]
Synonyms
  • Xylophanes reussiCloss, 1920
  • Xylophanes marginalis subtyndarus(Hoffmann, 1934)

Xylophanes marginalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. [2]

The length of the forewings is about 26 mm for males and 31 mm for females.

Adults are probably on wing year-round.

The larvae possibly feed on Psychotria panamensis , Psychotria nervosa and Pavonia guanacastensis .

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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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