Xylophanes

TaxID: 119289

Basic Information

Xylophanes

Moth

Xylophanes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob H bner in 1819. As of 2000, there are about 96 species and subspecies included in the genus.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Sphingidae

Xylophanes

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Edward Perry IV@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adult. Forewing upperside background color olive-brown or olive-beige; apex acute and falcate. First and fifth postmedian lines most heavily contrasted, delimiting a cream-colored band in median area; first postmedian line straight, stopping 2 mm from costa; fifth postmedian line slightly sinuous, convex from inner margin to vein M1 then slightly concave to apex. Between these lines the wing is golden-yellow, contrasting with reddish tone of rest of wing. Hindwing upperside basal area pure black, extending toward tornus where it turns pale grey with white inner edge; submarginal band brown, of almost equal width from tornus to apex. Forewing underside reddish-yellow with thin suffusion of dark grey scales giving granular aspect. Median dorsal area of thorax greyish-beige, contrasting with patagia and tegulae. Abdomen upperside with five thin longitudinal dark beige lines.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
Citation:

Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR1298384 Thorax - not determined 25601521 USA: FLorida, Gainesville

DNA Barcodes (4838 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
YCCSP041-21 BOLD:AAB4963 COI-5P 658 Colombia 2005-04-03 5.12554, -75.4488
YCCSP025-16 BOLD:AAE4809 COI-5P 657 Colombia 2011-08-22 6.10068, -75.4942
YCCSP024-16 BOLD:AAE4809 COI-5P 658 Colombia 2011-02-19 6.16667, -75.5667
YCCSP023-16 BOLD:AAE4809 COI-5P 655 Colombia 2010-06-01 6.02591, -75.4421
YCCSP021-16 BOLD:AAE4809 COI-5P 658 Colombia 2012-10-10 5.496028, -75.88917000000001
YCCSP017-16 BOLD:AAE4809 COI-5P 658 Colombia 2016-04-08 5.592147, -75.8018
YCCSP015-16 BOLD:AAE4809 COI-5P 658 Colombia 2016-04-08 5.592147, -75.8018
XAA936-04 BOLD:AAB7418 COI-5P 658 Costa Rica 2004-07-21 11.011, -85.488
XAA928-04 BOLD:ACF2389 COI-5P 627 Costa Rica 2004-07-09 11.005, -85.474
XAA920-04 BOLD:AAA7978 COI-5P 658 Costa Rica 2004-08-07 10.929, -85.464
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