Xylophanes
Xylophanes anubus Type species of the genus.
Xylophanes is a genus of butterflies of the family of moth ( Sphingidae ).
Features
The moths have a streamlined body with long, thin bodies and narrow wings. The antennae are long, very narrow and sharply curved hook at the end. The genus is probably related due to the morphology of their genitalia closest to the genus Hyles.
The first abdominal segment of the caterpillar is much thickened, forward to the head, the body tapers sharply from there. All previously known caterpillars have a pair of eye-spots on the sides of the first abdominal segment, many species have more eye-spot pairs on the other abdominal segments. All have a well-developed Analhorn. The dolls are clearly marked and have a wide cremaster.
Occurrence and life
Six species of the genus are recorded from North America, three of which are propagated there too. Almost all known food plants of the caterpillars come from the family of Rubiaceae ( Rubiaceae ). The puppets move very active when it interferes. Most species pupate in loosely woven cocoons in the plant parts, etc. are incorporated. The cocoon of Xylophanes falco is large and very strong.
System
Worldwide 87 species of the genus are known:
- Xylophanes ACRUs Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
- Xylophanes adalia ( Druce, 1881)
- Xylophanes aglaor ( Boisduval, 1875)
- Xylophanes amadis ( Stoll, 1782 )
- Xylophanes anubus ( Cramer, 1777)
- Xylophanes aristor ( Boisduval, 1870)
- Xylophanes Belti ( Druce, 1878)
- 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 croton (Walker, 1856)
- Xylophanes Cyrene ( Druce, 1881)
- Xylophanes damocrita ( Druce, 1894)
- Xylophanes depuiseti ( Boisduval, 1875)
- Xylophanes docilis ( Butler, 1875)
- Xylophanes dolius ( Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Xylophanes elara ( Druce, 1878)
- Xylophanes epaphus ( Boisduval, 1875)
- Xylophanes eumedon ( Boisduval, 1875)
- Xylophanes falco (Walker, 1856)
- Xylophanes fernandezi Chacin, Clavijo & De Marmels, 1996
- Xylophanes ferotinus Gehlen, 1930
- Xylophanes fosteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
- Xylophanes fusimacula (R Fields, 1874)
- Xylophanes germen ( Schaus, 1890)
- Xylophanes godmani ( Druce, 1882)
- Xylophanes guianensis ( Rothschild, 1894)
- Xylophanes hanne manni Closs, 1917
- Xylophanes haxairei Cadiou, 1985
- Xylophanes hydration Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Xylophanes indistincta Closs, 1915
- Xylophanes irrorata ( Grote, 1865)
- Xylophanes isaon ( Boisduval, 1875)
- Xylophanes jamaicensis Clark, 1935
- Xylophanes Jordanian Clark, 1916
- Xylophanes josephinae Clark, 1920
- Xylophanes juanita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Xylophanes kaempferi Clark, 1931
- Xylophanes katharinae Clark, 1931
- Xylophanes kiefferi Cadiou, 1995
- Xylophanes libya ( Druce, 1878)
- Xylophanes lichyi Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
- Xylophanes Loelia ( Druce, 1878)
- Xylophanes macasensis Clark, 1922
- Xylophanes maculator ( Boisduval, 1875)
- Xylophanes marginalis Clark, 1917
- Xylophanes media Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Xylophanes meridanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
- Xylophanes mirabilis Clark, 1916
- Xylophanes mossi Clark, 1917
- Xylophanes mulleri Clark, 1920
- Xylophanes Nebuchadnezzar Oberthur, 1904
- Xylophanes Neoptolemus ( Cramer, 1780)
- Xylophanes norfolki Kernbach, 1962
- Xylophanes obscurus Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
- Xylophanes ockendeni Rothschild, 1904
- Xylophanes pistacina ( Boisduval, 1875)
- Xylophanes ploetzi ( Moschler, 1876)
- Xylophanes pluto (Fabricius, 1777)
- 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 ( Druce, 1889)
- Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Xylophanes titana ( Druce, 1878)
- Xylophanes turbata ( Edwards, 1887)
- Xylophanes Tyndarus ( Boisduval, 1875)
- Xylophanes undata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Xylophanes xylobotes (Burmeister, 1878)
- Xylophanes zurcheri ( Druce, 1894)