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Xylophanes belti
Xylophanes belti is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama, per Albert Thurman who has collected this species at Finca Hartmann in Chiriqui Province since the mid-1970s and as recently as July 2016.
From the article Xylophanes belti on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is 90–95 mm. The uppersides of the forewings, head, thorax and abdomen are deep olive green. There is a stripe running from the forewing base to the palp. The lateral patch on the abdomen and the undersides of the body and wings are deep carmine red. The forewing upperside is deep olive green, although the interspaces have a silky blue-grey gloss. There are three antemedian lines, of which the second and third are merged.
Range & habitat
It is known from Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 293833.