Xylophanes tersa
Author's comments:
La oruga de la esfinge es una larva de color verde o marrón que imita a una serpiente para defenderse, pudiendo retraer su cabeza y los segmentos torácicos en un primer segmento abdominal hinchado que tiene falsas manchas oculares realistas, una forma de camuflaje para disuadir a los depredadores.
Se alimenta de plantas y su ciclo vital incluye las etapas de huevo, larva, pupa y adulto, con una pupa que se forma en el suelo o en la hojarasca antes de convertirse en polilla.
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| RECORD | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Scientific name: | Xylophanes tersa |
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| Sex: | Indistinguishable |
| Life stage: | Larva |
| Registration date: | 31/01/2025 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Córdoba |
| Location or protected area: | Dique Cerro Pelado |
| Detailed location: | Dique Cerro Pelado |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -32.244191, -64.635160 |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | Yes |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| Photography ID: | 649061 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 08/26/2025 09:39:28 |
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