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Xylophanes ockendeni

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Xylophanes ockendeni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Peru. The length of the forewings is 35–36 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes rothschildi, but distinguishable by the slightly scalloped outer margin of the forewing, the more well-defined dark basal patch on the forewing upperside, the transversely oriented dark patch distal to the discal spot and the sinuate, brown postmedian band, distal of which, on the inner margin, is a black, triangular patch. The abdomen has a thin, brown dorsal line, either side of which is a row of small black spots, one on the posterior edge of each tergite. The underside of the abdomen has a lavender-red coloration. The forewing upperside is similar to Xylophanes macasensis but the ground colour is a deeper, darker, more bluish-green, on whi
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0