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Xylophanes monzoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Xylophanes monzoni

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Xylophanes

Rank
  
Species

Xylophanes monzoni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Guatemala.

The length of the forewings is about 41 millimetres (1.6 in). It is similar to Xylophanes falco, but generally darker, with a more diffuse pattern and less falcate forewings. Furthermore, the underside of the abdomen is lacking the two longitudinal grey lines. The forewing upperside is similar but the pale brown-beige area basad of the postmedian lines is covered with scattered black scales. The distal median line is almost reaching the discal spot, the basalmost postmedian line is straight and the postmedian and submarginal lines are less conspicuous against the ground colour. The submarginal and marginal bands are both very dark grey, almost black.

References

Xylophanes monzoni Wikipedia