Xylophanes acrus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Xylophanes
- Species
- Xylophanes acrus
- Scientific Name
- Xylophanes acrus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xylophanes acrus
Xylophanes acrus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known to be present in Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras.
The wingspan is 72–83 mm, with females being larger than males. It is similar to Xylophanes cyrene but more green.
Adults are on wing year-round in Costa Rica. In Honduras, adults have been recorded in May.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Psychotria chiriquina, Psychotria monteverdensis, Psychotria panamensis, Psychotria nervosa and Pavonia guanacastensis.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Xylophanes acrus
- Xylophanes adalia
- Xylophanes aglaor
- Xylophanes alexandrei
- Xylophanes alineae
- Xylophanes alvarezsierrai
- Xylophanes amadis
- Xylophanes anubus
- Xylophanes aristor
- Xylophanes balcazari
- Xylophanes barbuti
- Xylophanes belti
- Xylophanes beneluzi
- Xylophanes bilineata
- Xylophanes ceratomioides
- Xylophanes chiron
- Xylophanes clarki
- Xylophanes colinae
- Xylophanes colombiana
- Xylophanes cosmius
- Xylophanes crenulata
- Xylophanes crotonis
- Xylophanes cthulhu
- Xylophanes cyrene
- Xylophanes damocrita
- Xylophanes depuiseti
- Xylophanes docilis
- Xylophanes dolius
- Xylophanes elara
- Xylophanes epaphus
- Xylophanes eumedon
- Xylophanes falco
- Xylophanes fassli
- Xylophanes fernandezi
- Xylophanes ferotinus
- Xylophanes fosteri
- Xylophanes furtadoi
- Xylophanes fusimacula
- Xylophanes germen
- Xylophanes godmani
- Xylophanes guianensis
- Xylophanes gundlachi
- Xylophanes gundlachii
- Xylophanes hannemanni
- Xylophanes haxairei
- Xylophanes huloti
- Xylophanes hydrata
- Xylophanes indistincta
- Xylophanes irrorata
- Xylophanes isaon
- Xylophanes jamaicensis
- Xylophanes jordani
- Xylophanes josephinae
- Xylophanes juanita
- Xylophanes kaempferi
- Xylophanes katharinae
- Xylophanes kiefferi
- Xylophanes lamontangei
- Xylophanes letiranti
- Xylophanes libya
- Xylophanes lichyi
- Xylophanes loelia
- Xylophanes lolita
- Xylophanes macasensis
- Xylophanes maculator
- Xylophanes marginalis
- Xylophanes mariae
- Xylophanes media
- Xylophanes meridanus
- Xylophanes mineti
- Xylophanes mirabilis
- Xylophanes monzoni
- Xylophanes mossi
- Xylophanes mulleri
- Xylophanes nabuchodonosor
- Xylophanes neoptolemus
- Xylophanes norfolki
- Xylophanes obscurus
- Xylophanes ockendeni
- Xylophanes pearsoni
- Xylophanes pistacina
- Xylophanes ploetzi
- Xylophanes pluto
- Xylophanes porcus
- Xylophanes porioni
- Xylophanes pyrrhus
- Xylophanes resta
- Xylophanes reussi
- Xylophanes rhodina
- Xylophanes rhodocera
- Xylophanes rhodochlora
- Xylophanes rhodotus
- Xylophanes robinsoni
- Xylophanes robinsonii
- Xylophanes rothschildi
- Xylophanes rufescens
- Xylophanes sarae
- Xylophanes schausi
- Xylophanes schreiteri
- Xylophanes schwartzi
- Xylophanes soaresi
- Xylophanes staudingeri
- Xylophanes suana
- Xylophanes tersa
- Xylophanes thyelia
- Xylophanes titana
- Xylophanes turbata
- Xylophanes tyndarus
- Xylophanes undata
- Xylophanes vagliai
- Xylophanes virescens
- Xylophanes xylobotes
- Xylophanes yuliyae
- Xylophanes zurcheri