NEOTYPE ♂ Colombia: Boyacá, Pajarito, Alto de Virgen, 5.4433[°] -72.7[°], 2236m, 1.iv.2019 (D. Herbin et al.) (BOLD BC-Hax5462) (ex coll. J. Haxaire) [MNHN]; designated by Correa-Carmona et al., 2021, Eur. J. Entomol. 18: 70.
Taxonomic Notes:
Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 563, misinterpreted aristor as crotonis and Butler, 1877, Illustr. Lepid. Heterocera Brit. Mus. 1: [1], pl. XV, fig. 1, incorrectly figured aristor as crotonis.
Transferred to Theretra by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 657. Resynonymized with Xylophanes crotonis as a form by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 700. Reinstated again as a species by Lichy, 1968, Boln Acad. Cienc. fis., Caracas 18: 38. Synonymized with Xylophanes crotonis by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 177. Implicitly reinstated as a species by Cadiou, 1995, Lambillionea 95: 502.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
