Xylophanes mossi: taxon details and analytics

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

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xylophanes mossi

Xylophanes mossi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brazil.

It is similar to Xylophanes rufescens, but the forewing upperside is uniform rust-brown and all other pattern elements are reduced or absent.

Adults are probably on wing year-round.

The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae and Malvaceae species.

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