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]

Phanoxyla
Scientific classification Edit this 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
(R. Felder, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa hystrix R. Felder, 1874

Adults are probably on wing year round.

References edit

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ^ "Phanoxyla hystrix (R. Felder, [1874])". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-10-26.