Xylophanes libya, the Libya sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1878. It is known from southern Texas, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama and from Venezuela south and west to Bolivia and Paraguay.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Xylophanes |
| Species: | X. libya
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| Xylophanes libya | |
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Description
editThe wingspan is 68–74 mm.
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Male underside
Biology
editAdults are probably on wing year round in part of the range. In southern Texas, adults are on wing in October and in Bolivia in April.
The larvae feed on Psychotria horizontalis, Psychotria nervosa and Psychotria microdon.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Oehlke, Bill (October 2007). "Xylophanes libya (Druce, 1878) Choerocampa". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
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