- Source: Xylophanes tersa
Xylophanes tersa, the tersa sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It is found from the United States (Massachusetts south to southern Florida, west to Nebraska, New Mexico and southern Arizona), through Mexico, the West Indies and Central America and into parts of South America (including Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil). An occasional stray can be found as far north as Canada.
The larvae feed on Borreria, Catalpa, Manettia, and Pentas species, and Spermacoce glabra, Hamelia patens, Hedyotis nigricans, Heimia salicifolia, Psychotria microdon, Psychotria nervosa, and Inga vera.
Subspecies
Xylophanes tersa chaconi De Marmels, Clavijo & Chacín, 1996 (Venezuela)
Xylophanes tersa tersa
References
External links
Xylophanes tersa tersa. Sphingidae of the Americas.
Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Tersa Sphinx Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus, 1771)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar spesies Sphingidae
- Xylophanes tersa
- Xylophanes
- Xylophanes suana
- Xylophanes norfolki
- Xylophanes turbata
- Xylophanes resta
- List of Lepidoptera of Michigan
- List of Lepidoptera of Cuba
- List of Sphingidae species
- List of moths of Jamaica
