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Xylophanes rufescens
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Xylophanes
Species:	X. rufescens
Binomial name
Xylophanes rufescens (Rothschild, 1894)
Synonyms
Theretra rufescens Rothschild, 1894

Xylophanes rufescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from French Guiana, Venezuela, north-western Brazil and eastern Peru.

Adults are probably on wing year-round.

The larvae probably feed on Rubiaceae and Malvaceae species.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
2. "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

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