title: Xylophanes cyrene
text: # Xylophanes cyrene
  
  Xylophanes cyrene is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1881. It is found in Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize and south to Oxapampa in Peru.
  
  ## Description
  
  The wingspan is 76–91 mm. It is similar to Xylophanes amadis but the upperside ground colour is brownish and the pale median band is always uninterrupted by black streaks along the veins.
  
  * Male dorsal view
  * Male ventral view
  * Female dorsal view
  * Female ventral view
  
  ## Biology
  
  Adults are probably on wing year round in Costa Rica.
  
  The larvae feed on Curatella americana, Psychotria panamensis and Psychotria grandis. Early instars are generally green, but there are green and dark colour morphs in the final instar.
  
  