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Updated as per
AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, October 2007 Updated as per http://www.pybio.org/SPHINGINAE.htm (Paraguay), October 2007 Updated as per More, Kitching and Cocucci's Hawkmoths of Argentina 2005, October, 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Johan van't Bosch (Mato Grosso, Brazil, October 5), March 2008 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Aguas Blancas, Salta, Argentina, 405m); December 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Shilap revta. lepid. 43 (172) diciembre, 2015, 615-631 eISSN 2340-4078 ISSN 0300-5267), January 4, 2016 Updated as per personal communication with Gernot Kunz (El Copan, Cartago, Costa Rica, March 6, 2019, 1047m); April 16, 2019 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
Mexico is the specimen type locality.
Those moths from northern Argentina, Paraguay and southeastern Brazil, previously thought to be ceratomioides, may be crenulata.
Xylophanes ceratomioides, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 22, 2010, courtesy of Larry Valentine.
Xylophanes ceratomioides (verso), Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 22, 2010, courtesy of Larry Valentine.
In the United States it is sometimes taken in southern Arizona.
The upperside of the forewing is yellowish brown with dark brown markings in the basal area, and diagonally from near the apex to the center of the inner margin. There is a small dark cell spot. The outer margin is distinct, set off from the rest of the wing by a pale subterminal line.
The upperside of the hindwing is dark brown with tan bands.
Xylophanes ceratomioides, Septimo Paraiso Lodge, Mindo,
Pichincha Province, Ecuador,
March 4, 2005; 4,200' elevation, courtesy of Robert Behrstock.
Choerocampa minas Menetries, 1857, French Guiana, is same as Xylophanes ceratomioides.
Anceryx capreolus Schaufuss, 1870, Venezuela, is same as Xylophanes ceratomioides.
Nigel Venters reports a February flight in Calilegua, Jujuy, Argentina.
Xylophanes ceratomioides male, Calilegua, Jujuy, Argentina,
February 17, 2010, 1100m, courtesy of Nigel Venters.
The caterpillar is very dark, has a small cream eye on each side and a lighter gray-brown patch around each spiracle. There is also a green colour morph.
Moths emerge from pupae in 17-35 days.Larva and pupa images courtesy of Dan Janzen. |
Larvae are subject to parasitization by Meteorus congregatus of the Braconidae family.
Visit Xylophanes ceratomioides adult, larva and pupa, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, courtesy of Larry Valentine.
The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion. It is based on
commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.
The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages, are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal ears as they read.
There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.
"Xylo" is the Greek word for wood. The specimen type for the genus Xylophanes is Xylophanes anubus. Perhaps ? when Hubner
examined this species, the yellow-orange and brown tones of the forewings suggested wings of wood.
The origin of the species name "ceratomioides" is unknown to me, but in the Greek "cerato" and "cera" both refer to horn. I think there is also the possibility there may be a connection to golden or yellow.
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