Xylophanes tersa tersa
Updated as per personal communication with Marco Antonio (Santa Isabel, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 12, 2019); April 13, 2019

Xylophanes tersa tersa
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Tersa Sphinx Moth
(Linnaeus, 1771) Sphinx

Xylophanes tersa Santa Isabel, Sao Paulo, Brazil,April 12 2019,
courtesy of Marco Antonio, id by Bill Oehlke

Xylophanes tersa Santa Isabel, Sao Paulo, Brazil,April 12 2019,
courtesy of Marco Antonio, id by Bill Oehlke

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839
Genus: Xylophanes Hubner [1819] ...........
Species: tersa tersa Linnaeus, 1771

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