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Xylophanes irrorata is a moth of the family Sphingidae.It is known from Cuba. [2]The upperside and underside of the body and wings is uniformly pale pinkish-brown, although the underside is paler than the upperside.
Xylophanes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. As of 2000, there are about 96 species and subspecies included in the genus. [1]
Xylophanes rhodocera is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. [2] The dorsal scales of the antennae are pink. The outer margin of the forewing is strongly convex. The forewing upperside pattern is very uniform.
Xylophanes zurcheri is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1894. Distribution. It is known from Mexico, Costa Rica, ...
Xylophanes colinae is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Ecuador, French Guiana and Venezuela. [2] The wingspan is 72–78 mm. Adults are probably on wing year-round. The larvae possibly feed on Psychotria panamensis, Psychotria nervosa and Pavonia guanacastensis.
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Xylophanes ceratomioides is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico , Belize , Costa Rica , French Guiana , Bolivia , Argentina and Venezuela , down into southern Brazil . Rare vagrants have been found up to southern Arizona .
The wingspan is about 95 mm. It cannot be confused with any other Xylophanes Species, although it is superficially similar in shape and pattern to Xylophanes ploetzi.It is much larger and the ground colour is deep green (slightly fading to yellowish) with pale purple-grey irroration and a solid black discal spot.