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Xylophanes tersa, the tersa sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It is found from the United States (Massachusetts south to southern Florida, west to Nebraska, New Mexico and southern Arizona), through Mexico, the West Indies and Central America and into parts of South America (including Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil).
This is a species list for the family Sphingidae of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk-moths.This list contains all known species of Sphingidae in order of subfamily.
7885 – Darapsa myron, Virginia creeper sphinx moth; 7886 – Darapsa choerilus, azalea sphinx moth; 7887 – Xylophanes pluto, Pluto sphinx moth; 7888 – Xylophanes porcus, porcu sphinx moth; 7889 W – Xylophanes falco, falcon sphinx moth; 7890 – Xylophanes tersa, tersa sphinx moth; 7891 – Xylophanes libya; 7891.1 – Xylophanes ...
The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species . [ 1 ] It is best represented in the tropics , but species are found in every region. [ 2 ]
When naming the nearly 200 species of butterflies known to him at the time, Linnaeus used names from classical mythology as specific names.These were thematically arranged into six groups, and were drawn from classical sources including the Fabulae of Gaius Julius Hyginus and Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia. [2]
Only the discal spot, the basal section of the first postmedian line and the fourth postmedian line are standing out from the greyish-brown ground colour in most specimens. The pale yellow spots of the median band on the hindwing upperside are fewer and smaller than in Xylophanes tersa tersa and sometimes flushed with pink.
A message etched into an ancient sphinx has proven to be, well, sphinx-like. The “mysterious” inscription has long been an enigma, puzzling scholars for over a century.
Lepidoptera (/ ˌ l ɛ p ɪ ˈ d ɒ p t ər ə / LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths.About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, [1] [2] making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 families [3] and 46 superfamilies ...