Xylophanes gundlachii

Species of moth

Xylophanes gundlachii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Xylophanes
Species:
X. gundlachii
Binomial name
Xylophanes gundlachii
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa gundlachii Herrich-Schäffer, 1863

Xylophanes gundlachii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Cuba.[2] The specific epithet is named after Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach.

Diet

The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae and Malvaceae species.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
Taxon identifiers
Xylophanes gundlachii
  • Wikidata: Q2602943
  • Wikispecies: Xylophanes gundlachii
  • BioLib: 649325
  • CoL: 7FYPS
  • GBIF: 1862114
  • iNaturalist: 1094989
  • LepIndex: 56878
  • NCBI: 2922091
  • Open Tree of Life: 3094046


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