Phanoxyla
| Phanoxyla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subtribe: | Choerocampina |
| Genus: | Phanoxyla Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
| Species: | P. hystrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Phanoxyla hystrix | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phanoxyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Phanoxyla hystrix, described by Rudolf Felder in 1874, is known from northern South America, including Brazil and Ecuador.[2]
Adults are probably on wing year round.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Phanoxyla.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ "Phanoxyla hystrix (R. Felder, [1874])". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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