Xylophanes crotonis

Xylophanes crotonis
	Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Xylophanes
Species:	X. crotonis
Binomial name
	Xylophanes crotonis; (Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
	Chaerocampa crotonis Boisduval, 1870; Chaerocampa crotonis Walker, 1856;

Xylophanes crotonis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1870.

Distribution

It is found in Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela and south to Bolivia.

Description

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.

caterpillar
caterpillar
Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view
Female dorsal view
Female ventral view

Biology

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

^ "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

Xylophanes crotonis Sphingidae of the Americas

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[1] "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.

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