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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. [1]
Xylophanes turbata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. An occasional stray may be found up to southern Arizona. [2] The wingspan is 62–63 mm. The tegula are pale olive-green with a characteristic dark olive band along the outer margin immediately above the white outer margin.
Xylophanes pluto, the Pluto sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777. Distribution.
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).
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 ferotinus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.It is known from Brazil. [2]The length of the forewings is about 31 mm. Adults have been recorded from October to November in Amazonas at elevations of 1,550 meters but are probably on wing year-round.
Xylophanes aglaor is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Distribution. It is found from Brazil west to Bolivia. [2]
Xylophanes belti is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1878. Distribution. It is known from Mexico, Nicaragua, ...