Xylophanes Explained

Xylophanes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. As of 2000, there are about 96 species and subspecies included in the genus.^[1]

Species

• Xylophanes acrus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
• Xylophanes adalia (H. Druce, 1881)
• Xylophanes aglaor (Boisduval, 1875)
• Xylophanes alexandrei Haxaire & Vaglia, 2009
• Xylophanes alvarezsierrai Alvarez Corral, 2001
• Xylophanes amadis (Stoll, 1782)
• Xylophanes anubus (Cramer, 1777)
• Xylophanes aristor (Boisduval, 1870)
• Xylophanes balcazari Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008^[1]
• Xylophanes barbuti Haxaire & Eitschberger, 2007
• Xylophanes belti (H. Druce, 1878)
• Xylophanes bilineata Gehlen, 1928
• Xylophanes blanca Eitschberger, 2001
• Xylophanes ceratomioides (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
• Xylophanes chiron (Drury, 1773)
• Xylophanes clarki Ramsden, 1921
• Xylophanes colinae Haxaire, 1994
• Xylophanes columbiana Clark, 1935
• Xylophanes cosmius Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
• Xylophanes crenulata Vaglia & Haxaire, 2009
• Xylophanes crotonis (Walker, 1856)
• Xylophanes cthulhu Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008^[1]
• Xylophanes cyrene (H. Druce, 1881)
• Xylophanes damocrita (H. Druce, 1894)
• Xylophanes depuiseti (Boisduval, 1875)
• Xylophanes docilis (Butler, 1875)
• Xylophanes dolius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
• Xylophanes elara (H. Druce, 1878)
• Xylophanes epaphus (Boisduval, 1875)
• Xylophanes eumedon (Boisduval, 1875)
• Xylophanes falco (Walker, 1856)
• Xylophanes fassli Gehlen, 1928
• Xylophanes fernandezi Chacin, Clavijo & De Marmels, 1996
• Xylophanes ferotinus Gehlen, 1930
• Xylophanes fosteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
• Xylophanes furtadoi Haxaire, 2009
• Xylophanes fusimacula (R. Felder, 1874)
• Xylophanes germen (Schaus, 1890)
• Xylophanes godmani (H. Druce, 1882)
• Xylophanes guianensis (Rothschild, 1894)
• Xylophanes gundlachii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)
• Xylophanes hannemanni Closs, 1917
• Xylophanes haxairei Cadiou, 1985
• Xylophanes huloti Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008
• Xylophanes hydrata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Xylophanes indistincta Closs, 1915
• Xylophanes irrorata (Grote, 1865)
• Xylophanes isaon (Boisduval, 1875)
• Xylophanes jamaicensis Clark, 1935
• Xylophanes jordani Clark, 1916
• Xylophanes josephinae Clark, 1920
• Xylophanes juanita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Xylophanes kaempferi Clark, 1931
• Xylophanes katharinae Clark, 1931
• Xylophanes kiefferi Cadiou, 1995
• Xylophanes lamontagnei Vaglia & Haxaire, 2007
• Xylophanes letiranti Vaglia & Haxaire, 2003
• Xylophanes libya (H. Druce, 1878)
• Xylophanes lichyi Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
• Xylophanes lissyi Eitschberger, 2001
• Xylophanes loelia (H. Druce, 1878)
• Xylophanes lolita Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008^[1]
• Xylophanes macasensis Clark, 1922
• Xylophanes maculator (Boisduval, 1875)
• Xylophanes marginalis Clark, 1917
• Xylophanes media Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Xylophanes meridanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
• Xylophanes mineti Haxaire & Vaglia, 2004
• Xylophanes mirabilis Clark, 1916
• Xylophanes monzoni Haxaire & Eitschberger, 2003
• Xylophanes mossi Clark, 1917
• Xylophanes mulleri Clark, 1920
• Xylophanes nabuchodonosor Oberthür, 1904
• Xylophanes neoptolemus (Cramer, 1780)
• Xylophanes norfolki Kernbach, 1962
• Xylophanes obscurus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
• Xylophanes ockendeni Rothschild, 1904
• Xylophanes pearsoni Soares & Motta, 2002
• Xylophanes pistacina (Boisduval, 1875)
• Xylophanes ploetzi (Moschler, 1876)
• Xylophanes pluto (Fabricius, 1777)
• Xylophanes porcus (Hübner, 1823)
• Xylophanes porioni Cadiou, 2000
• Xylophanes pyrrhus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
• Xylophanes resta Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Xylophanes rhodina Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Xylophanes rhodocera (Walker, 1856)
• Xylophanes rhodochlora Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Xylophanes rhodotus Rothschild, 1904
• Xylophanes robinsonii (Grote, 1865)
• Xylophanes rothschildi (Dognin, 1895)
• Xylophanes rufescens (Rothschild, 1894)
• Xylophanes sarae Haxaire, 1989
• Xylophanes schausi (Rothschild, 1894)
• Xylophanes schreiteri Clark, 1923
• Xylophanes schwartzi Haxaire, 1992
• Xylophanes staudingeri (Rothschild, 1894)
• Xylophanes suana (H. Druce, 1889)
• Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Xylophanes titana (H. Druce, 1878)
• Xylophanes turbata (H. Edwards, 1887)
• Xylophanes tyndarus (Boisduval, 1875)
• Xylophanes undata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Xylophanes vagliai Haxaire, 2003
• Xylophanes virescens (Butler, 1875)
• Xylophanes xylobotes (Burmeister, 1878)
• Xylophanes zurcheri (H. Druce, 1894)

Notes and References

1. Vaglia, T. et al. (2008). "Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal three cryptic species within the Xylophanes neoptolemus and loelia species groups (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)". Zootaxa. 1923 18-36.