Xylophanes maculator: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Xylophanes
Species
Xylophanes maculator
Scientific Name
Xylophanes maculator

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xylophanes maculator

Xylophanes maculator is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico and Belize to Ecuador and further south to Venezuela and Bolivia. The wingspan is 65–75 mm.

Adults are on wing in April, from June to July, August or September and from November to December in Costa Rica but might even be on wing year-round.

The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae (such as Psychotria nervosa and Psychotria horizontalis), Fabaceae (such as Inga vera), Malvaceae and Dilleniaceae (such as Tetracera volubilis) species.

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