Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Nomenclature

Subtribe: Choerocampina

Genus: Xylophanes

Species:

Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Usage:

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Reference:

Systema naturae per regna tri naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differintiis, synonymis, locis 492

Type data:

Type(s) "India" [MLU]. The type locality is erroneous as Xylophanes thyelia is restricted to the New World.

Taxonomic Notes:

Transferred to Xylophanes by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 679 (key), 711.

Nomenclature notes:

This species was listed by Bönninghausen, 1899, Dt. ent. Z., Iris 12: 130, as Theretra spec. D.

Synonyms: 1

Media

Xylophanes thyelia thyelia, male, upperside. Guyana, Georgetown

Xylophanes thyelia thyelia, male, upperside. Guyana, Georgetown

Xylophanes thyelia thyelia, male, underside. Guyana, Georgetown

Xylophanes thyelia thyelia, male, underside. Guyana, Georgetown

Xylophanes thyelia thyelia, female, upperside. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Xylophanes thyelia thyelia, female, upperside. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Xylophanes thyelia thyelia, female, underside. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Xylophanes thyelia thyelia, female, underside. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Distribution