Xylophanes crotonis
Tegulae usually without a pale median line. Upperside of body and forewings varying from olive-green (fading to brown). Each side of abdomen with a basal yellowish-white lateral patch that extends onto the metanotum, posterior of which is a black patch and a distinct yellow stripe; dorsal lines vestigial or absent; spines along posterior edges of posterior tergites uniseriate, single, heavy, conical. Outer spur of midtibia longer than inner. Colour of body and forewing varying from tawny to ochre-yellow. Forewing upperside olive-green (fading to pale brown), with a series of oblique lines running from the inner margin to the apex; first and fourth postmedial lines generally stronger than the second, third and fifth, which are equal in intensity to the two submarginal lines. Hindwing upperside black; medial band comprising a series of teardrop-shaped pale yellow spots. Male wingspan: 86-94 mm, average = 92 mm. Female wingspan: 90-100 mm, average = 98 mm. Antennae of females without elongate, fasciculate cilia.
Male genitalia: Harpe short, tapering to a sharp, upcurved point; slightly notched or dentate along dorsal margin. Left lobe of phallus apical process short and broad, broadly rounded at the end, and with a broad and rounded serrate flange along the anterior margin; right lobe short and ending in a sharp point.
[NB: This description applies to Xylophanes crotonis as it was understood prior to Krutov, Ivshin & Romanoff (2020) (STI 22298). It needs updating.]