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Xylophanes meridanus

Xylophanes meridanus
Xylophanes meridanus MHNT CUT 2010 0 49 Parque Nacional Henri Pitter (Rancho Grande), Venezuela dorsal.jpg
Xylophanes meridanus - MHNT Dorsal
Xylophanes meridanus MHNT CUT 2010 0 49 Parque Nacional Henri Pitter (Rancho Grande), Venezuela ventral.jpg
Xylophanes meridanus - MHNT Ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Xylophanes
Species: X. meridanus
Binomial name
Xylophanes meridanus
Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

Xylophanes meridanus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Surinam.

It is similar to Xylophanes amadis, but the pale median band is always interrupted by black streaks along the veins, particularly those of the posterior part of the wing.

The larvae possibly feed on Psychotria panamensis, Psychotria nervosa and Pavonia guanacastensis.



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