Xylophanes crotonis
Appearance
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Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Xylophanes |
Species: | X. crotonis
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Binomial name | |
Xylophanes crotonis | |
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Xylophanes crotonis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1870.
Distribution
[edit]It is found in Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela and south to Bolivia.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 91–97 millimetres (3.6–3.8 in). the larvae are green, turquoise or purplish with yellow dots. They are without eyespots in the second instar.
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caterpillar
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caterpillar
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Male, dorsal view
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Male, ventral view
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Female dorsal view
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Female ventral view
Biology
[edit]Adults are on wing year round in Costa Rica.
The larvae feed on Psychotria correae, Palicourea padifolia, Palicourea salicifolia, Coussarea austin-smithii, Coussarea caroliana and probably other Rubiaceae species. They have also been recorded on Rottboellia cochinchinensis.
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
[edit]- Xylophanes crotonis Sphingidae of the Americas