Xylophanes norfolki

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Xylophanes norfolki
Xylophanes norfolki MHNT CUT 2010 0 181 Santa Cruz Island (Galapagos) male dorsal.jpg
Xylophanes norfolki male dorsal
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Xylophanes norfolki male ventral
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Xylophanes
Species:
X. norfolki
Binomial name
Xylophanes norfolki
Kernbach, 1962 [1]

Xylophanes norfolki is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Galapagos Islands. [2]

It is similar to Xylophanes tersa and related species, but the pattern and form of the forewing upperside is different. The underside of the abdomen is purplish-brown, while the forewing upperside has a dark brown ground colour and the forewing and hindwing underside ground colour is dark orange. There are pale yellow spots on the hindwing upperside, while the ground colour dark orange.

Adults are on wing in February and June and possibly again from September to October.

The larvae feed on Psychotria rufipes .

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. 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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