Xylophanes lolita

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 lolita
Name

Xylophanes lolita Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Pote, 540 m.

Holotype: IM. male. gen. prep. 271104a, VAG-375/SPTVA 739-07. 30.XI.2004. leg. Roney Alves dos Santos.

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 lolita is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Haxaire and Thierry Vaglia in 2008. It is only known from Poté in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is likely to be restricted to this part of south-eastern Brazil, which is known for its high level of endemism.[1]

It is very similar to Xylophanes loelia but is immediately distinguishable by its larger size, wing shape, and constant genital differences.

References

"Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal three cryptic species within the Xylophanes neoptolemus and loelia species-groups (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-25.