Xylophanes rhodocera

Xylophanes rhodocera
Xylophanes rhodocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Xylophanes
Species: X. rhodocera
Binomial name
Xylophanes rhodocera
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Darapsa rhodocera Walker, 1856
  • Xylophanes sublaevis Joicey & Kaye, 1917

Xylophanes rhodocera is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Haiti and the Dominican Republic.[2]

The dorsal scales of the antennae are pink. The outer margin of the forewing is strongly convex. The forewing upperside pattern is very uniform. There is a slightly brownish patch present near the end of the discal cell and another smaller one is occasionally present in the middle of the cell. The disco-marginal area is dusted with brown scales, especially posteriorly.

Adults are probably on wing year round.

The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae and Malvaceae species.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Xylophanes/rhodocera.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/xrhodoce.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
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