Xylophanes
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Xylophanes is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family.
Species
- Xylophanes acrusXylophanes acrusXylophanes acrus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from 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....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1910 - Xylophanes adaliaXylophanes adaliaXylophanes adalia is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Panama, Costa Rica north to south-eastern Belize and Mexico. In the south, it ranges as far as Ecuador.The wingspan is 55-56 mm. The females are larger than the males...
- (Druce 1881) - Xylophanes aglaorXylophanes aglaorXylophanes aglaor is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Brazil west to Bolivia.It is similar in appearance to several other members of the Xylophanes genus, but a number of differences distinguish it from Xylophanes libya, to which it most closely compares, particularly in its darker...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Xylophanes alexandreiXylophanes alexandreiXylophanes alexandrei is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ecuador and Peru....
- Haxaire & Vaglia, 2009 - Xylophanes alvarezsierraiXylophanes alvarezsierraiXylophanes alvarezsierrai is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from western Venezuela.The length of the forewings is about 28 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes tersa tersa but smaller, the forewing ground colour is dark brown, the hindwing median spots are orange-red and the lateral golden...
- Alvarez Corral, 2001 - Xylophanes amadisXylophanes amadisXylophanes amadis is large moth of the Family Sphingidae. It is found in Surinam, and westward through Guyana, Venezuela and Bolivia.The wingspan is about 80 mm. The abdomen has no dorsal median line and the subdorsal lines are represented only by small dark green spots on the posterior margins of...
- (Stoll 1782) - Xylophanes anubusXylophanes anubusXylophanes anubus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Surinam, Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and south to Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina....
- (Cramer 1777) - Xylophanes aristorXylophanes aristorXylophanes aristor is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Guatemala to Venezuela, Ecuador and probably Colombia.The forewing upperside ground colour and the upperside of the body is olive-green and the forewing underside is orange...
- (Boisduval 1870) - Xylophanes balcazariXylophanes balcazariXylophanes balcazari is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico and possibly south to Belize....
- Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008 - Xylophanes barbutiXylophanes barbutiXylophanes barbuti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ecuador and Peru.The wingspan is 84-93 mm. There is a grey band which runs from the top of the thorax to the tip of the abdomen. On the abdomen, this band is outwardly traced with thin black strips and inwardly split by a...
- Haxaire & Eitschberger, 2007 - Xylophanes beltiXylophanes beltiXylophanes belti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala.The wingspan is 90-95 mm. The uppersides of the forewings, head, thorax and abdomen are deep olive green. There is a stripe running from the forewing base to the palp...
- (Druce 1878) - Xylophanes bilineataXylophanes bilineataXylophanes bilineata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Peru.The wingspan is 74-78 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes fassli, but oval patch distal to the discal spot is smaller and darker green....
- Gehlen, 1928 - Xylophanes blancaXylophanes blancaXylophanes blanca is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Peru.The wingspan is 62-70 mm for males and about 71 mm for females. It is similar to Xylophanes rothschildi, but the oval patch distal to the discal spot is smaller and darker green and the postmedian line is narrower....
- Eitschberger, 2001 - Xylophanes ceratomioidesXylophanes ceratomioidesXylophanes ceratomioides is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela, down into southern Brazil. Rare vagrants have been found up to southern Arizona....
- (Grote & Robinson 1867) - Xylophanes chironXylophanes chironXylophanes chiron is a moth of the Family Sphingidae. It can be found in Mexico down to Northern Argentina and in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Jamaica.The wingspan range is 77-81 mm.The larvae feed on Rubiaceae species.-Subspecies:...
- (DruryDru DruryDru Drury was a British entomologist, one of the foremost of his time.He was born in Wood Lane, London. His father was a silversmith, and Dru took over the business in 1748. He retired as a silversmith in 1789 to devote his time entirely to entomology...
, 1773) - Xylophanes clarkiXylophanes clarkiXylophanes clarki is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.The length of the forewings is about 30 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes tersa tersa but distinguishable by the scalloped second to fourth postmedian lines on the forewing upperside...
- Ramsden 1921 - Xylophanes colinaeXylophanes colinaeXylophanes colinae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ecuador, French Guyana and Venezuela.The wingspan is 72-78 mm. It is intermediate between Xylophanes ceratomioides and Xylophanes guiananesis, but smaller, with more rounded wings and an even more strongly scalloped outer...
- Haxaire 1994 - Xylophanes columbianaXylophanes columbianaXylophanes columbiana is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Colombia.The length of the forewings is about 32 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes elara, the thorax and abdomen for instance are identical in colour and pattern. Difference is that the third of the oblique postmedian lines...
- Clark 1935 - Xylophanes cosmiusXylophanes cosmiusXylophanes cosmius is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia to western Brazil.The wingspan is 40-45 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes amadis, but the outer margin of the forewing is scalloped and more excavate below the apex...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1906 - Xylophanes crenulataXylophanes crenulataXylophanes crenulata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina....
- Vaglia & Haxaire, 2009 - Xylophanes crotonisXylophanes crotonisXylophanes crotonis is a moth of the Family Sphingidae. It is found in Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela and south to Bolivia.The wingspan is 91-97 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Costa Rica....
- (Walker 1856) - Xylophanes cthulhuXylophanes cthulhuXylophanes cthulhu is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland rainforest in Guatemala and Costa Rica.The wingspan is 76-82 mm...
- Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008 - Xylophanes cyreneXylophanes cyreneXylophanes cyrene is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize and south to Oxapampa in Peru.The wingspan is 76-91 mm...
- (Druce 1881) - Xylophanes damocritaXylophanes damocritaXylophanes damocrita is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico.The ground colour of the uppersides of the forewings and body is dark olive green or brown. The tegula is dark olive-green with a median longitudinal dark golden-yellow line. There is another line of the same colour...
- (Druce 1894) - Xylophanes depuisetiXylophanes depuisetiXylophanes depuiseti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Brazil and is probably also present in Paraguay.It is similar to Xylophanes adalia and Xylophanes ploetzi. The upperside is olive green. The abdomen has two rows of feeble brown dots dorsally...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Xylophanes docilisXylophanes docilisXylophanes docilis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found throughout much of South America, including Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina and Peru....
- (Butler 1875) - Xylophanes doliusXylophanes doliusXylophanes dolius is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ecuador and Bolivia.The wingspan is about 70 mm for males. Females are larger. It is similar to Xylophanes hydrata in forewing shape but the ground colour is brown and there are differences in pattern. The abdomen is without...
- (Rothschild & Jordan 1906) - Xylophanes elaraXylophanes elaraXylophanes elara is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Paraguay, Surinam, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil.The upperside of the wings and body are olive-green and the distal margin of the forewing is strongly excavate below the falcate apex, then convex. The dorsal scales of the...
- (Druce 1878) - Xylophanes epaphusXylophanes epaphusXylophanes epaphus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from French Guiana possibly as far south asArgentina.It is somewhat similar to Xylophanes obscurus but generally paler and with a pinkish tint overall. The forewings are shorter and broader and less excavate below the apex...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Xylophanes eumedonXylophanes eumedonXylophanes eumedon is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico.It is similar to Xylophanes aristor but smaller and the forewing pattern is much more contrasted. It is distinguishable from most related species by the partial fusion and apical pinkish flush of the pale yellow spots of...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Xylophanes falcoXylophanes falcoXylophanes falco is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Honduras and Guatemala north through Mexico to southern Arizona and western Texas. It is generally found in oak woodland and along streamsides....
- (Walker 1856) - Xylophanes fassliXylophanes fassliXylophanes fassli is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Bolivia.It is similar to Xylophanes rothschildi, but the discal spot on the forewing upperside is larger, the deeper olive-green shading at the base is absent and the darker green oval patch distal to the discal spot is smaller...
- Gehlen, 1928 - Xylophanes fernandeziXylophanes fernandeziXylophanes fernandezi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Colombia and Venezuela.The length of the forewings is 44-47 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes tersa tersa and Xylophanes resta but differs in its dark, monotonous appearance. The head and thorax are dark brown to brown-black...
- Chacin, Clavijo & De Marmels 1996 - Xylophanes ferotinusXylophanes ferotinusXylophanes ferotinus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Venezuela.The length of the forewings is about 31 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes tersa tersa but differs in the olive-green ground colour and a median band on the hindwing upperside consisting of small, brown spots. The...
- Gehlen 1930 - Xylophanes fosteriXylophanes fosteriXylophanes fosteri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Paraguay, but is probably also found in Argentina.The length of the forewings is about 30 mm for males and 33 mm for females. It is similar to Xylophanes turbata. Differences in the forewing upperside are two short dashes...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1906 - Xylophanes furtadoiXylophanes furtadoiXylophanes furtadoi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Brazil.The length of the forewings is about 78 mm. There are probably at least three generations with adults recorded in June and October....
- Haxaire, 2009 - Xylophanes fusimaculaXylophanes fusimaculaXylophanes fusimacula is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Brazil to Colombia and Bolivia.Adults are similar in colour and pattern to Xylophanes undata and Xylophanes zurcheri but can be distinguished by the entire outer margin of the forewing...
- (R Felder 1874) - Xylophanes germenXylophanes germenXylophanes germen is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala and is found from Venezuela to Bolivia....
- (Schaus 1890) - Xylophanes godmaniXylophanes godmaniXylophanes godmani is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Panama.It is most similar to Xylophanes rhodina, but the outer margin of the forewing is scalloped, the apex more falcate and the tornus more pronounced...
- (Druce 1882) - Xylophanes guianensisXylophanes guianensisXylophanes guianensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from French Guiana south-west to Bolivia.It is similar to Xylophanes ceratomioides, but the outer margin of the forewing margin is much more strongly scalloped and the dorsal lines of the abdomen are as in Xylophanes xylobotes...
- (Rothschild 1894) - Xylophanes gundlachiiXylophanes gundlachiiXylophanes gundlachii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cuba.It is similar to Xylophanes irrorata. Both the upperside of the body and forewings are deep green, while the hindwings are dark brown....
- (Herric-Schaffer 1863) - Xylophanes hannemanniXylophanes hannemanniXylophanes hannemanni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama and further south through Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia.The wingspan is 68-83 mm...
- Closs 1917 - Xylophanes haxaireiXylophanes haxaireiXylophanes haxairei is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from French Guiana and Venezuela.The length of the forewings is 37-38 mm. It is most similar to Xylophanes dolius but larger and with a markedly different pattern. The antennae are short, only reaching the forewing discal spot...
- Cadiou 1985 - Xylophanes hulotiXylophanes hulotiXylophanes huloti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ecuador....
- Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008 - Xylophanes hydrataXylophanes hydrataXylophanes hydrata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Brazil west to Bolivia and Peru.It is similar to Xylophanes elara but slightly larger and the postmedian lines and vein spots on the submarginal line on the forewing upperside are stronger. The postmedian line on the base of...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Xylophanes indistinctaXylophanes indistinctaXylophanes indistincta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from south-eastern Brazil.It is similar to Xylophanes aristor but smaller...
- Closs 1915 - Xylophanes irrorataXylophanes irrorataXylophanes irrorata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cuba.The upperside and underside of the body and wings is uniformly pale pinkish-brown, although the underside is paler than the upperside. The forewing upperside has a darker brown postmedian line, with a pale proximal...
- (Grote 1865) - Xylophanes isaonXylophanes isaonXylophanes isaon is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from south-eastern Brazil and Paraguay to Argentina.The thorax has a grey medial line which widens posteriorly and is continued onto the abdomen as two widely separated but not very distinct bands...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Xylophanes jamaicensisXylophanes jamaicensisXylophanes jamaicensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Jamaica.It is similar to Xylophanes porcus porcus, but the forewings are shorter and broader, the tornus is more produced and the outer margin is more excavate below the apex.The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae and...
- Clark 1935
- Xylophanes jordaniXylophanes jordaniXylophanes jordani is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Costa Rica.The wingspan is 50-56 mm. The females are larger than the males. It is similar to Xylophanes thyelia thyelia but distinguishable by the conspicuous dark brown basal area of the forewing upperside and the shape of the...
- Clark 1916 - Xylophanes josephinaeXylophanes josephinaeXylophanes josephinae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Guatemala and Mexico.The wingspan is 40-42 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes damocrita but larger, the forewings are more elongate, making the outer margin appear almost straight, the hindwings are longer...
- Clark 1920 - Xylophanes juanitaXylophanes juanitaXylophanes juanita is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico and Belize to Costa Rica.The wingspan is 57-59 mm. The dorsal scales of the antennae are blackish brown and pinkish latero-basally. The abdomen has two rows of dorsal dots. The lateral border of the tegulae are not well...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Xylophanes kaempferiXylophanes kaempferiXylophanes kaempferi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Paraguay.It is very similar to Xylophanes elara, but the forewing apex is less falcate and the dark scaling of the submarginal band on the hindwing upperside is lacking...
- Clark 1931 - Xylophanes katharinaeXylophanes katharinaeXylophanes katharinae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico.It is intermediate in forewing shape between Xylophanes damocrita and Xylophanes josephinae, but distinguishable from both by the much broader pale orange median band on the hindwing upperside. The forewing apex is...
- Clark 1931 - Xylophanes kiefferiXylophanes kiefferiXylophanes kiefferi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Colombia.It is similar to Xylophanes aristor, but more robust, the outer edge of the forewing is straighter, the forewing upperside ground colour is deep rich brown and the first and fourth postmedian lines are farther apart....
- Cadiou 1995 - Xylophanes lamontagneiXylophanes lamontagneiXylophanes lamontagnei is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.It is similar to Xylophanes ceratomioides, but can be distinguished by the cream coloured hindwing postmedian band which is separated by dark lines along the veins into distinct lunules....
- Vaglia & Haxaire, 2007 - Xylophanes letirantiXylophanes letirantiXylophanes letiranti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Panama and Costa Rica.-Description:The wingspan is 102-112 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes crotonis but larger and darker and the antennae are more robust. The forewing upperside is very dark green, emerald green or brownish...
- Vaglia & Haxaire, 2003 - Xylophanes libyaXylophanes libyaThe Libya Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from southern Texas, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama and from Venezuela south and west to Bolivia and Paraguay....
- (Druce 1878) - Xylophanes lichyiXylophanes lichyiXylophanes lichyi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Bolivia.The length of the forewings is 29-35 mm for males and 32-38 mm for females. It is similar to Xylophanes maculator, but the dorsal lines of the tegulae, thorax and abdomen are fainter...
- Kitching & Cadiou 2000 - Xylophanes lissyiXylophanes lissyiXylophanes lissyi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Peru....
- Eitschberger, 2001 - Xylophanes loeliaXylophanes loeliaXylophanes loelia is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from south-western Belize to Costa Rica and Panama to Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. It is possibly also present in Paraguay....
- (Druce 1878) - Xylophanes lolitaXylophanes lolitaXylophanes lolita is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is only known from Pote in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil. It is likely to be restricted to this part of south-eastern Brazil, which is known for its high level of endemism....
- Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008 - Xylophanes macasensisXylophanes macasensisXylophanes macasensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Ecuador south into Bolivia.The wingspan is about 80 mm for both males and females. It is similar to Xylophanes ockendeni, but larger and with many pattern differences. Furthermore, the small black spots on the dorsum of the...
- Clark 1922 - Xylophanes maculatorXylophanes maculatorXylophanes maculator is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico and Belize to Ecuador and further south to Venezuela and Bolivia.The wingspan is 65–75 mm...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Xylophanes marginalisXylophanes marginalisXylophanes marginalis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.The length of the forewings is about 26 mm for males and 31 mm for females. It is similar to Xylophanes tyndarus but shorter-winged and with differences in the forewing pattern...
- Clark 1917 - Xylophanes mediaXylophanes mediaXylophanes media is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Bolivia.It is similar to Xylophanes ceratomioides, but the outer margin of the forewing is less rounded and very slightly undulate. The outermost dorsal lines of the abdomen are posteriorly divergent...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Xylophanes meridanusXylophanes meridanusXylophanes meridanus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Surinam.It is similar to Xylophanes amadis, but the pale median band is always interrupted by black streaks along the veins, particularly those of the posterior part of the wing.The larvae possibly feed on Psychotria...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1910 - Xylophanes minetiXylophanes minetiXylophanes mineti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ecuador and Bolivia.The wingspan is 84-87 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes crotonis, but of similar in size to Xylophanes sarae. The forewing is more slender and slightly more falcate than Xylophanes crotonis. The forewing...
- Haxaire & Vaglia, 2004 - Xylophanes mirabilisXylophanes mirabilisXylophanes mirabilis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Colombia.The wingspan is about 95 mm. It cannot be confused with any other Xylophanes...
- Clark 1916 - Xylophanes monzoniXylophanes monzoniXylophanes monzoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Guatemala.The length of the forewings is about 41 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes falco, but generally darker, with a more diffuse pattern and less falcate forewings. Furthermore, the underside of the abdomen is lacking the two...
- Haxaire & Eitschberger, 2003 - Xylophanes mossiXylophanes mossiXylophanes mossi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. 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....
- Clark, 1917 - Xylophanes mulleriXylophanes mulleriXylophanes mulleri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico.The length of the forewings is about 33 mm. The forewing upperside is uniform brown and separated from a well-developed brown fourth postmedian line by a strongly contrasting pale yellow line running from the inner...
- Clark 1920 - Xylophanes nabuchodonosorXylophanes nabuchodonosorXylophanes nabuchodonosor is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Bolivia and Peru.The wingspan is 76-82 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes rhodochlora, but the but first postmedian line on the forewing upperside is dentate on the veins between the costa and M3. The discal spot is small....
- Oberthur 1904 - Xylophanes neoptolemusXylophanes neoptolemusXylophanes neoptolemus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Trinidad and Surinam to Venezuela and north-western Brazil. It is probably present in much of South America....
- (Cramer 1780) - Xylophanes norfolkiXylophanes norfolkiXylophanes norfolki is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Galapagos Islands.It is similar to Xylophanes tersa and related species, but the pattern and form of the forewing upperside is different...
- Kernbach 1962 - Xylophanes obscurusXylophanes obscurusXylophanes obscurus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Peru and Brazil.It is similar to Xylophanes cosmius but the forewing upperside is darker, more uniform and sombre brown. Furthermore, the dark patch distal to discal spot is larger and trapezoidal. The conspicuous postmedian...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1910 - Xylophanes ockendeniXylophanes ockendeniXylophanes ockendeni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Peru.The length of the forewings is 35-36 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes rothschildi, but distinguishable by the slightly scalloped outer margin of the forewing, the more well-defined dark basal patch on the forewing...
- Rothschild 1904 - Xylophanes pearsoniXylophanes pearsoniXylophanes pearsoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from eastern Brazil.The length of the forewings is about 35 mm for males and about 36 mm for females. It is similar to Xylophanes libya, except for some differences in the pattern of the forewing and hindwing upperside...
- Soares & Motta, 2002 - Xylophanes pistacinaXylophanes pistacinaXylophanes pistacina is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Nicaragua south to Brazil and west to Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina....
- (Boisduval 1875) - Xylophanes ploetziXylophanes ploetziXylophanes ploetzi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Surinam, French Guyana and Venezuela.It is similar to Xylophanes depuiseti and Xylophanes adalia. The abdomen has a thin median dorsal line. The underside of the body and wings is yellowish green. The lines of the forewing are...
- (Moschler 1876) - Xylophanes plutoXylophanes plutoThe Pluto Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Argentina and Paraguay to Bolivia and then through tropical and subtropical lowlands from Brazil north through Central America to Mexico, the West Indies, southern Florida and southern Texas.The wingspan is 53-65 mm...
- (Fabricius 1777) - Xylophanes porcusXylophanes porcusThe Porcus Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Florida south to Bolivia.The wingspan is 70-79 mm. The forewing upperside has a distinct discal spot...
- (Hubner 1823) - Xylophanes porioniXylophanes porioniXylophanes porioni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Peru.The length of the forewings is 39-40 mm. It is distinguishable from all other Xylophanes species by the combination of the broad, compact shape of the wings, the suffused brown pattern of the forewing upperside and the...
- Cadiou, 2000 - Xylophanes pyrrhusXylophanes pyrrhusXylophanes pyrrhus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru south to Bolivia.The length of the forewings is 33-37 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes thyelia thyelia but larger and there are differences in the pattern on the forewing upperside, such as a smaller...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1906 - Xylophanes restaXylophanes restaXylophanes resta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Venezuela south to Peru and Bolivia.The length of the forewings is 36-41 mm. It is intermediate in appearance between Xylophanes aristor and Xylophanes tersa. There is a weakly developed golden medial line on the tegula...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Xylophanes rhodinaXylophanes rhodinaXylophanes rhodina is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Panama and Costa Rica.It is similar to Xylophanes godmani, but the outer margin of the forewing is entire and almost straight, the apex is less falcate and the tornus is less pronounced. The abdomen has a scattering of long,...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Xylophanes rhodoceraXylophanes rhodoceraXylophanes rhodocera is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Haiti and the Dominican Republic.The dorsal scales of the antennae are pink. The outer margin of the forewing is strongly convex. The forewing upperside pattern is very uniform...
- (Walker 1856) - Xylophanes rhodochloraXylophanes rhodochloraXylophanes rhodochlora is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Peru, Bolivia and possibly Colombia.It is similar to Xylophanes crotonis except for the forewing, which is smaller, shorter and broader. Although it is also green, it is considerably brighter. Furthermore, the pattern found...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Xylophanes rhodotusXylophanes rhodotusXylophanes rhodotus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Peru and Bolivia.It is intermediate between Xylophanes eumedon and Xylophanes titana. The tegula has a golden medial line...
- Rothschild 1904 - Xylophanes robinsoniiXylophanes robinsoniiXylophanes robinsonii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cuba.The length of the forewings is about 22 mm. It is similar to Theretra monteironis and Xylophanes fosteri but smaller and the postmedian lines on the forewing upperside are better developed. The tegula has a...
- (Grote 1865) - Xylophanes rothschildiXylophanes rothschildiXylophanes rothschildi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru south to Bolivia.The wingspan is 63-72 mm. The upperside of the forewings is dark green with a bluish glow. The base of the wings is also green, but has a deeper colour...
- (Dognin 1895) - Xylophanes rufescensXylophanes rufescensXylophanes rufescens is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from French Guyana, Venezuela, north-western Brazil and eastern Peru....
- (Rothschild 1894) - Xylophanes saraeXylophanes saraeXylophanes sarae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Venezuela.The wingspan is 68-86 mm for males and 75-90 mm for females. It is similar to Xylophanes crotonis, but smaller and the upperside of the body and forewings is brownish-green. The forewing upperside is brown with green...
- Haxaire 1989 - Xylophanes schausiXylophanes schausiXylophanes schausi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia.The distal margin of the forewing is strongly convex. The abdomen has no dorsal lines. The postmedian lines are dentate and the two proximal lines are faint, but traceable from the costal to the...
- (Rothschild 1894) - Xylophanes schreiteriXylophanes schreiteriXylophanes schreiteri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Argentina and Bolivia.The wingspan is 71-92 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes resta, but both forewings and hindwings are apically more falcate and the outer margin of the forewing is straighter...
- Clark 1923 - Xylophanes schwartziXylophanes schwartziXylophanes schwartzi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ecuador.The wingspan is 80-85 mm for males and 89-95 mm for females. It is similar to Xylophanes rhodochlora but distinguishable by the carmine-red undersides of the wings. The inner margin of the tegulae is edged with a very...
- Haxaire 1992 - Xylophanes staudingeriXylophanes staudingeriXylophanes staudingeri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua.It is similar to Xylophanes cyrene but deep green....
- (Rothschild 1894) - Xylophanes suanaXylophanes suanaXylophanes suana is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Bahamas.It is similar to Xylophanes tersa tersa but the upperside of the body and forewing is more uniform ash-grey, the abdomen is lacking the golden-yellow lateral stripes and the forewings are less elongate. Furthermore,...
- (Druce 1889) - Xylophanes tersaXylophanes tersaThe Tersa Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from the United States , through Mexico, the West Indies and Central America and into parts of South America...
- (Linnaeus 1771) - Xylophanes thyeliaXylophanes thyeliaXylophanes thyelia is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico through Central America to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and further south into Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina....
- (Linnaeus 1758) - Xylophanes titanaXylophanes titanaXylophanes titana is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil and probably Guyana and Suriname.The wingspan is 60–88 mm. It is...
- (Druce 1878) - Xylophanes turbataXylophanes turbataXylophanes turbata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. An occasional stray may be found up to southern Arizona....
- (Edwards 1887) - Xylophanes tyndarusXylophanes tyndarusXylophanes tyndarus is a moth of the Family Sphingidae. It is distributed from Mexico and Belize to Brazil and westward into Bolivia.The wingspan is 75-86 mm. The upperside of the body and wings is green, often very bright. The underside of the body is whitish green. The forewing has three narrow...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Xylophanes undataXylophanes undataXylophanes undata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Central America to Peru and further south into Bolivia.The wingspan is 72-83 mm. It is similar in colour and pattern to Xylophanes zurcheri, but the forewing outer margin is more strongly crenulated, the crenulations are all of...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Xylophanes vagliaiXylophanes vagliaiXylophanes vagliai is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ecuador.The wingspan is 95-100 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes aristor and Xylophanes rhodochlora. The forewings are relatively short and broad, with an almost straight outer margin. The anterior half of the thorax upperside is...
- Haxaire, 2003 - Xylophanes virescensXylophanes virescensXylophanes virescens is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Colombia....
- (Butler, 1875) - Xylophanes xylobotesXylophanes xylobotesXylophanes xylobotes is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Peru.It is similar to Xylophanes ceratomioides, but paler and all three dorsal abdominal lines are evenly narrow and continuous. The black apical line of the antenna is very short...
- (Burmeister 1878) - Xylophanes zurcheriXylophanes zurcheriXylophanes zurcheri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Belize.It is similar in colour and pattern to Xylophanes undata, but the forewing outer margin is less strongly crenulated, most distal postmedian lines on the forewing upperside are...
- (Druce 1894)