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Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus, 1771)

Имаго Xylophanes tersa

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 tersa

Species name(s)

Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus, 1771) = Sphinx tersa Linnaeus, 1771 = tristis Closs, 1918 = cubensis Gehlen, 1941 = Chaerocampa tersa. [9]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Nearctic, Neotropic.

Имаго Xylophanes tersa

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay, French Guiana, Argentina, Brazil [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Borreria, Catalpa, Manettia spp., Spermacoce glabra, Pentas spp. [PC93].
  • Borreria, Catalpa, Manettia spp., Spermacoce glabra, Pentas spp. [PC93].

Subspecies of Xylophanes tersa

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Colin Hutton, Alex Dumchus.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

Comments

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19.03.2014 20:36, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Zoogeographical regions: No formalized data → Nearctic, Neotropic.

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