LECTOTYPE ♂ [Brazil:] Rio Grande do Sul [(G. Franck)] [CMNH]; designated by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 183.
Taxonomic Notes:
Proposed as a subspecies of Xylophanes tyndarus. Synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies by Carcasson & Heppner, 1996, Atlas Neotrop. Lepid. 4B: 58. Raised to species status by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 72.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
