Xylophanes balcazari

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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 balcazari
Name

Xylophanes balcazari Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008

Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, road from La Salitrera to Vallecitos de Zaragoza, km. 45, 500 m.

Holotype: CNIN. male. gen. prep. BC-Hax0759/SOWA766-06. 15.VIII.1992. leg. D. Herbin & J. Haxaire.
References

Haxaire, J. & Th. Vaglia, 2008, Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal three cryptic species within the Xylophanes neoptolemus and loelia species-groups (Lepidoptera:Sphingidae) Zootaxa 1923: 18–36. [1]

Xylophanes balcazari is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico and possibly south to Belize. Although originally thought to be a member of Xylophanes neoptolemus, it was given its own designation due to DNA barcoding results.[1]
References

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