Xylophanes loelia ( Druce, 1878 )

Vaglia, Thierry, Haxaire, Jean, Kitching, Ian J., Meusnier, Isabelle & Rougerie, Rodolphe, 2008, Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal three cryptic species within the Xylophanes neoptolemus and loelia species-groups (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Zootaxa 1923, pp. 18-36 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.184748

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5633233

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scientific name

Xylophanes loelia ( Druce, 1878 )
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Xylophanes loelia ( Druce, 1878) View in CoL

( Figs. 6 View FIGURES 5 – 7. 5 a and 5 b a, 6b, 8a–c)

Xylophanes heinrichi Closs, 1917 View in CoL

Taxonomic Notes: Xylophanes heinrichi View in CoL ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 5 – 7. 5 a and 5 b a) was described by Closs (1917) from a single male collected by E. Christeller on 11.???.1912 (the month is unclear on the label) from “Amazonas”. This is an imprecise type locality, as it could refer to parts of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and even Peru. Of these, Brazil is perhaps somewhat more likely than the others but this is still not at all certain. However, regardless of where in “Amazonas” the moth was captured, the locality would be within the distribution of what we infer here to be X. loelia View in CoL . The holotype, preserved in the ZSM, is illustrated in Fig. 7 View FIGURES 5 – 7. 5 a and 5 b a. X. heinrichi View in CoL is currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Xylophanes loelia View in CoL . Choerocampa loelia was described by Druce (1878) from an unstated number of specimens from Chiriquí, Panama, collected by Arcé. Only a single specimen with appropriate data and labels has been found in the BMNH and thus to stabilize the nomenclature, we hereby designate this specimen as the lectotype. The lectotype and its labels are illustrated in Figs 6 View FIGURES 5 – 7. 5 a and 5 b a and 6b.

Distribution: This species is widely distributed in Central and South America. It is known to us from southern Brazil and Paraguay, north through Peru, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Trinidad and Colombia, and into Central America, through Costa Rica and Nicaragua, to Belize.

Genetic variation: Intraspecific variation for the part of COI we sequenced is very low ( Table 2 View TABLE 2 ; Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 , clade #2).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sphingidae

Genus

Xylophanes

Loc

Xylophanes loelia ( Druce, 1878 )

Vaglia, Thierry, Haxaire, Jean, Kitching, Ian J., Meusnier, Isabelle & Rougerie, Rodolphe 2008
2008
Loc

Xylophanes heinrichi

Closs 1917
1917
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