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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. As of 2000, there are about 96 species and subspecies included in the genus.
The black apical line of the antenna is very short. The forewing upperside is also very similar in general pattern to Xylophanes ceratomioides, but the ground colour is pale brown and the black pattern elements are less extensive. The basal patch on the inner edge is pale greenish-buff and the costa has several vestigial subapical and apical ...
The prominent broad chrome-yellow band distinguishes this species from all other Xylophaness. The thorax is green. The abdomen has a thin medial line, interrupted at the base of each segment by a metallic yellow dot. The lateral lines are also present.
The base of the wing has a pale purple suffusion and traces of two median lines running from the inner margin. There is a full complement of five dark brown postmedian and two submarginal lines, all sharply defined and converging to the apex. It is less contrastingly patterned than Xylophanes monzoni. The hindwing upperside ground colour is ...
Xylophanes cyrene is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1881. It is found in Mexico , Panama , Costa Rica , Guatemala , Belize and south to Oxapampa in Peru . [ 2 ]
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 .
Xylophanes pistacina is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Nicaragua south to Brazil and west to Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. [2] The wingspan is 75–87 mm. The upperside of the abdomen has no lines. The ground colour is generally greenish-buff, although some individuals are much greener.
Xylophanes damocrita is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1894. It is known from Mexico. [2] The ground colour of the uppersides of the forewings and body is dark olive green or brown. The tegula is dark olive green with a median longitudinal dark golden-yellow line.