Xylophanes cthulhu

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Choerocampina
Genus: Xylophanes
Species: Xylophanes cthulhu

Name

Xylophanes cthulhu Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008

Type locality: Guatemala, Izabal department, track from Chocchoc to Cebol (Cevol), km. 2, Pueblo Cadenas, 76 m.

Holotype: JH. male. gen. prep. BC-Hax4328/SOWE429-07. 21.VII.2004. leg. O. Paquit & J. Haxaire.

References

• Haxaire, J. & Th. Vaglia, 2008, Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal three cryptic species within the Xylophanes neoptolemus and loelia species-groups (Lepidoptera:Sphingidae) Zootaxa 1923: 18–36. [1]

Photos

• Bill Oehlke [2]