Xylophanes media courtesy of John Vriesi.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839 Genus: Xylophanes Hubner [1819] ........... Species: media Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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DISTRIBUTION:

Xylophanes media (approximate wingspan: males: 92mm; females: 94mm) flies in
Colombia (specimen type locality);
Venezuela;
French Guiana; and
Peru.

Specimens have confirmed populations as far south as
Bolivia: La Paz: Murillo, Río Zongo, (750m, common).

CATE: "Similar to Xylophanes ceratomioides. Outer margin of forewing less rounded below M2 than in Xylophanes ceratomioides; very slightly undulate.

"Outermost dorsal lines of the abdomen posteriorly divergent on each tergite, as in Xylophanes ceratomioides, but not expanded into small triangular spots.

"Forewing upperside pattern similar to Xylophanes ceratomioides but all elements more diffuse; costa lacking subapical and apical black spots; most distal antemedian line and most basal postmedian line meet on inner edge of forewing upperside (as in Xylophanes guianensis); postmedian band not clearly developed; pale brown excavated area on outer margin of postmedian band with concave basal edge and dorsal edge angled more towards the costa than in Xylophanes ceratomioides.

"Subbasal and median bands of hindwing upperside pale grey, shaded with brown, the edges of the median band especially are diffuse."

FLIGHT TIMES:

Xylophanes media adults probably brood continuously.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Males come in to lights very readily, but females are seldom taken in that way.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae probably feed on plants of the Rubiaceae and Malvaceae families.

Moths emerge approximately one-two months after larvae pupate.

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Xylophanes media male, French Guiana, on my home computer only.

Xylophanes media female, French Guiana, on my home computer only.

Xylophanes media, French Guiana, on my home computer only.