About Xylophanes anubus Cramer, 1777
Xylophanes anubus has a wingspan ranging from 97 to 102 mm, with females growing larger than males. This species is highly variable in overall size, as well as in how developed the oblique lines on the forewing upperside are. The costal margin of the forewing is often quite strongly convex, and the forewing apex is recurved. Three dorsal lines run along the abdomen: the median line is usually the clearest of the three, but it can sometimes be absent, while the lateral lines are sometimes reduced to rows of dots. The forewing upperside may or may not have a dark cloud located distal to the discal cell. There are seven oblique lines on the forewing upperside, and the third of these lines is the thickest. This species is distributed in Suriname, Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, ranging south into Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina.
