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Xylophanes blanca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Xylophanes blanca

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Xylophanes

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Xylophanes belti, Xylophanes amadis, Xylophanes crotonis, Xylophanes anubus, Xylophanes chiron

Xylophanes blanca is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Peru.

The wingspan is 62–70 mm for males and about 71 mm for females. It is similar to Xylophanes rothschildi, but the oval patch distal to the discal spot is smaller and darker green and the postmedian line is narrower.

References

Xylophanes blanca Wikipedia