Synonymized with Xylophanes libya as a form by Draudt, 1931, in Seitz (ed.), Die Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 895, in which the forewing brown lines are more uniform and the hindwing underside has only one broad discal band. Reinstated as a species by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII. 26. Resynonymized with Xylophanes libya by Carcasson & Heppner, 1996, Atlas Neotrop. Lepid. 4B: 59. Reinstated as a species by Haxaire, Melichar & Kitching, 2023, European Ent. 15 (1+2): 30.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
