Xylophanes tyndarus

Male

Female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Choerocampina
Genus: Xylophanes
Species: Xylophanes tyndarus
Subspecies: X. t. splendens – X. t. tyndarus

Name

Xylophanes tyndarus (Boisduval, 1875)

Type locality: Brasilia [Brazil].

Lectotype: CM. male ♂. (lectotype Choerocampa tyndarus designated by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, 183

Synonymy

• Choerocampa tyndarus Boisduval, 1875 (original combination)
• Xylophanes tyndarus (Boisduval):

References

Additional references

• Haxaire, J. 2013. Description de cinq nouveaux Sphingidae néotropicaux et asiatiques (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) et notes sur Nyceryx riscus (Schaus, 1890). The European Entomologist 5(2): 25–43. Reference page.