Xylophanes schreiteri

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Xylophanes schreiteri
Xylophanes schreiteri MHNT CUT 2010 0 349 Villa Nougues Tucuman Argentina male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
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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. schreiteri
Binomial name
Xylophanes schreiteri
Clark, 1923 [1]

Xylophanes schreiteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Argentina and Bolivia. [2]

The wingspan is 71–92 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes resta , but both forewings and hindwings are apically more falcate and the outer margin of the forewing is straighter. Furthermore, distal to discal spot on the forewing upperside there is a dark brown dash running parallel and sometimes connected to the first postmedian line, which is stronger and reaches closer to the apex. The forewing underside has a pale yellow apical area on the costa, although this is occasionally pale buff and contrasting strongly with the orange-yellow ground colour.

Adults are on wing from February to March and again from October to November in Argentina.

The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae and Malvaceae species.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-25.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-25.


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