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Updated as per personal communication with Les Catchick (Baeza, Napo, Ecuador, April 5, 2011); December 7, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral (El Valle, Merida, Venezuela, 80mm, 2050m, March 2, 1993); July 21, 2012 |
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Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
MIDI MUSICcopyright C. Odenkirk ON.OFF |
"Similar to Xylophanes crotonis but immediately distinguishable by the broad grey dorsal stripe on the thorax and abdomen. Most similar to Xylophanes kiefferi but less robust and outer edge of forewing more convex.
"Differs from Xylophanes crotonis in thorax and abdomen having a broad, grey, dorsal stripe, which is often divided medially by a narrow brown line, and from Xylophanes kiefferi in the olive-green (rather than deep rich brown) upperside of the body. Tegula edged in grey along both its inner (dorsal) and outer (lateral) margins; no median line of grey scales. Forewing upperside similar to Xylophanes kiefferi but ground colour olive-green (rather than deep rich brown) and first and fourth postmedian lines closer together. " CATE
Xylophanes aristor, 80mm, El Valle, Merida, Venezuela,
February 2, 1993, 2050m, courtesy of Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral.
Xylophanes aristor, 80mm, verso, El Valle, Merida, Venezuela,
February 2, 1993, 2050m, courtesy of Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral.
Xylophanes aristor, Bellavista Lodge (00 00 58 S., 078 40 53 W., 2270m), Pichincha, Ecuador,
June 6, 2010, courtesy of Gerard Boulay, tentative id and slight digital repair by Bill Oehlke.
Les catchick reports an April flight in Baeza, Napo, Ecuador. Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral reports an early February flight in El Valle, Merida, Venezuela.
Xylophanes aristor, Baeza, Napo, Ecuador,
April 5, 2011, courtesy of Les Catchick
Moths emerge approximately one-two months after larvae pupate.
Xylophanes 1A, 85mm, La Soledad, Barinas, Venezuela,
September 10, 1997, 1400m, courtesy of Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke, might be something undescribed.
Xylophanes 1B, 85mm, La Soledad, Barinas, Venezuela,
September 10, 1997, 1400m, courtesy of Jose Ramon Alvarez Corral,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke, might be something undescribed.
The pronunciation of scientific names is
troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is
merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly
accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some
fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.
The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages,
are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal
ears as they read.
There are many collectors from different countries whose
intonations and accents would be different.
"Xylo" is the Greek word for wood. The specimen type for the genus
Xylophanes is Xylophanes anubus. Perhaps ? when Hubner
examined this species, the yellow-orange and brown tones of the
forewings suggested wings of wood.
The species name "aristor" probably comes from Greek-Roman mythology.
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