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Xylophanes chiron (Drury, 1773)
Chiron sphinx
SIM-INS-794563 · emu-sim-ins-0076
Olive-green hawk moth common at light.
- Classification
- Lepidoptera › Sphingidae › Xylophanes
- Collected
- 1969-05-28
- Collector
- P. Duarte
- Region
- Junín, Peru
- Elevation
- 820–1300 m
- Dataset
- Field Museum Insect Collection
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Locality
Original label text
San Ramón
AI-recommended
San Ramón, Chanchamayo, Junín, Peru
Curator-approved
San Ramón, Chanchamayo, Junín, Peru
Emu locality hierarchy: Peru › Junín › Chanchamayo › San Ramón (LOC-PE-JUN-002)
Collection event
- Method (original)
- “Capturado en trampa de luz”
- Method (AI-normalised)
- Artificial light attraction90%
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Label transcription
- Not recorded
Field notes & curator annotations
- Associated with photograph in collector's notebook.
Digitization & audit history
- verified · 2026-10-20 · Collections database
Provenance
Field Museum collections record.
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