Xylophanes rufescens
| Xylophanes rufescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Xylophanes |
| Species: | X. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylophanes rufescens (Rothschild, 1894)[1] | |
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Xylophanes rufescens is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from French Guyana, Venezuela, north-western Brazil and eastern Peru.[2]
It is a large-eyed, rusty-brown species. The ground colour is buff, densely shaded and with scattered rust-brown marks. The forewing and hindwing underside are rust-brown.
Adults are probably on wing year round.
The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae and Malvaceae species.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2011-10-25.