Genus Xylophanes Rank Species | ||
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Similar Xylophanes thyelia, Xylophanes loelia, Xylophanes titana, Xylophanes tyndarus, Xylophanes anubus | ||
Xylophanes rufescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from French Guyana, Venezuela, north-western Brazil and eastern Peru.
It is a large-eyed, rusty-brown species. The ground colour is buff, densely shaded and with scattered rust-brown marks. The forewing and hindwing underside are rust-brown.
Adults are probably on wing year round.
The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae and Malvaceae species.
References
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