Genus Xylophanes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers

tersa sphinx caterpiller, brown, eating - Xylophanes tersa

Tersa Sphinx catterpillar - Xylophanes tersa

Interesting Green Caterpillar - Xylophanes tersa

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Bombycoidea

Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Subfamily Macroglossinae

Tribe Macroglossini

Genus Xylophanes

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Hubner 1819. From Greek xylo, wood, plus -phanes. Possibly from Phanes, the Greek primordial sun god. (Based on Intenet searches.)

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 5 spp.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 30 July, 2005 - 9:07am

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