Xylophanes virescens

Xylophanes virescens

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 virescens

Name

Xylophanes virescens (Butler, 1875)

Type locality: Venezuela.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. (lectotype Chaerocampa virescens designated by Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008: 30)

Synonyms

• Chaerocampa virescens Butler, 1875
• Xylophanes virescens Butler, 1875 (stat. rev. by Haxaire & Melichar 2008: 30).

References

Additional references

• Haxaire, J. & Vaglia, T. 2008. Un nouveau Sphingidae du genre Xylophanes Hübner, 1819: Xylophanes huloti sp.n. (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 1(2): 29–38. Reference page.