Xylophanes acrus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Macroglossini → subtribe Choerocampina → genus Xylophanes → species Xylophanes acrus
Species name(s)
Xylophanes acrus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910 = acrus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- From Panama and Costa Rica to the north to the south-east of Belize and Mexico Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
- Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Larva food plants
- Psychotria panamensis and Psychotria nervosa (Rubiaceae), Pavonia guanacastensisof (Malvaceae) Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
- Psychotria chiriquina, Psychotria monteverdensis, Psychotria panamensis, Psychotria nervosa (Rubiaceae) and Pavonia guanacastensis (Malvaceae) Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus, Colin Hutton. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- Vasiliy Feoktistov, personal communication
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