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Xylophanes libya

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Species of moth

Libya sphinx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Xylophanes
Species: X. libya
Binomial name
Xylophanes libya
(H. Druce, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Choerocampa libya H. Druce, 1878
  • Xylophanus pallescens Closs, 1917

Xylophanes libya, the Libya sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1878. It is known from southern Texas, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama and from Venezuela south and west to Bolivia and Paraguay.

Description

The wingspan is 68–74 mm.

  • Female Female
  • Female underside Female underside
  • Male Male
  • Male underside Male underside

Biology

Adults are probably on wing year round in part of the range. In southern Texas, adults are on wing in October and in Bolivia in April.

The larvae feed on Psychotria horizontalis, Psychotria nervosa and Psychotria microdon.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  2. Oehlke, Bill (October 2007). "Xylophanes libya (Druce, 1878) Choerocampa". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Xylophanes libya


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