Sphingidae of Argentina

As of October 2007, this list has been confirmed by the L.O.L.A. publication Hawkmoths of Argentina, More, Kitching and Cocucci, 2005.

Below the checklist for Misiones are links to checklists for the other provinces.

Pachylia ficus, Yacutinga Private Reserve, Misiones Province,
(near border between Argentina and Brazil), February 2008,
courtesy/copyright of Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos.

Sphingini Agrius cingulata Amph. walkeri Cocy. antaeus Cocy. duponchel Cocy. lucifer Lintne. justiciae BOLD Mand. albiplaga Mand. bergi M. diff. petuniae Mand. florestan EB Man. han. hamilcar M. lefeburei Mand. lichenea M. manducoides M. rustica EB M. sexta paphus EB M. s. saliensis WO? Neoc. cluentius

Smerinthini Ad. daphne Ad. gannascus Adhem. palmeri Ore. lycidas eos Pro. astygonus Pro. s. strigilis

Dilophonotini Aell. fadus A. t. tantalus Aell. titan titan Al. chloroptera Al. neglectum C. grises. grisescens Call. inuus Call. nomius Call. parce Enyo gorgon Enyo lug. lugubris Enyo ocypete EB Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis ello EB E. lassauxi Er. obscura Er. oenotrus Eupyrr. sagra Hem. longistriga Isog. caricae Isog. leachi Mad. bubastus Mad. plutonius Nyceryx alophus Nyc. nictitans Nyceryx riscus Pachylia ficus Pachyl. s. syces Pach. resumens Perigonia ilus Perig. pallida Perig. passerina Phryxus caicus Pseudosp. tetrio Un. japix descrepans

Philampelini Eumorpha analis Eum. anchemolus Eumorpha fasciatus Eum. labruscae Eum. triangulum

Macroglossini Hyles euphorbiarum Xylophanes anubus X. ceratomioides X. chiron nechus Xylophanes isaon Xylophanes loelia X. marginalis Xylophanes porcus Xylophanes t. tersa Xylophanes thyelia Xylophanes titana X. tyndarus

Enyo ocypete, Yacutinga Private Reserve, Misiones Province,
(near border between Argentina and Brazil), February 2008,
courtesy/copyright of Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos.

Nyceryx riscus, Yacutinga, Misiones, Argentina,
February 2008, courtesy/copyright Ezequiel Bustos.

Northwestern Jujuy Catamarca Tucuman San Juan Mendoza

Northcentral Salta Formosa Chaco Santiago del Estero

Northeastern Misiones Corrientes Entre Rios Buenos Aires

Central La Rioja Cordoba Santa Fe San Luis La Pampa

Southern Nequen Rio Negro Chubut Santa Cruz Tierra del Fuego

Ezequiel Nunez Bustos has done extensive collecting in the Yacutinga Private Reserve in northern Misiones Province. He confirms the following species in the reserve.

Sphingini Agrius cingulata Cocy. antaeus Cocy. duponchel Cocy. lucifer M. diff. petuniae Mand. florestan Man. han. hamilcar M. rustica M. sexta paphus

Smerinthini Ad. daphne Pro. s. strigilis

Dilophonotini A. t. tantalus Aell. titan titan Al. chloroptera Al. neglectum Call. inuus Call. nomius Call. parce Enyo gorgon Enyo lug. lugubris Enyo ocypete Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis ello E. lassauxi Er. obscura Er. oenotrus Eupyrr. sagra Hem. longistriga Mad. bubastus Nyceryx riscus Pachylia ficus Pach. resumens Phryxus caicus Pseudosp. tetrio Un. japix descrepans

Philampelini Eumorpha analis Eumorpha fasciatus Eum. labruscae

Macroglossini X. ceratomioides X. chiron nechus Xylophanes loelia X. marginalis X. pistacina X. pluto Xylophanes t. tersa

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