Appearance
The wingspan is 60–80 mm. The upperside of the forewing is pale brown with lavender-gray at the base and has dark brown lines. The upperside of the hindwing is dark brown with a band of whitish, wedge-shaped marks. Adults are on wing from May to October in the north and February to November farther south in the US, and they fly year-round in the tropics. There is one generation in the north and several generations farther south, in Florida and Louisiana, for example.
Naming
*"Xylophanes tersa chaconi" De Marmels, Clavijo & Chacín, 1996⤷ "Xylophanes tersa tersa"
Food
The adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including "Lonicera", "Mirabilis jalapa" and "Asystasia gangetica".The larvae feed on "Borreria", "Catalpa", "Manettia", and "Pentas" species, and "Spermacoce glabra", "Hamelia patens", "Hedyotis nigricans", "Heimia salicifolia", "Psychotria microdon", "Psychotria nervosa", and "Inga vera".
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