Sphingidae of Chile

This checklist is probably not terribly accurate. I fully expect there may be some omissions and probably many erroneous inclusions. I have used a checklist for Argentina as a starting point, but the two countries are separated by the Andes and may have quite different fauna.

If you have corrections to offer, please contact
Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com.

Chile is bordered by Argentina on the East, the Pacific Ocean to the West, and is capped by Bolivia to the Northeast and drier regions of Peru to the Northwest.

Please note: this list is very tentative, and highly speculative. Only two species listed have specimen types from Chile, Manduca sexta caestri and Hyles annei.

Manduca sexta caestri, Paine, forming part of Greater Santiago,
and a commune in the Maipo Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile,
courtesy of Nicolas Palacios Prado, tentative id by Bill Oehlke

I strongly suspect that many of the species listed below, which have been found in northwestern Argentina, do not make it over the Andes to fly in Chile. The high altitude, drier regions of northern Chile also offer obstacles to migrating species from southern Peru and Bolivia.

The Sphingidae biodiversity in Chile is probably much less than indicated below.

Higher altitude, drier climate, colder temperatures, etc, probably do not provide suitable habitat for many of the more tropical species.

This updated page is inspired by Bernhard Wenczel who raised some questions about Sphingidae in Chile, April 18, 2011, and it is dedicated to Fernando Calvo of Chile who sends these sighting reports:
Hyles annei flies between Copiapó and Angol;
Hyles euphorbiarum flies between Arica and Rancagua;
Hyles lineata flies between Santiago and Angol;
Manduca sexta (no data);
Agrius cingulata (no data).

Chile

Sphingini Agrius cingulata FC Cocytius antaeus Cocytius duponchel Euryg. guttiventris Manduca albiplaga Manduca armatipes Man. bergamatipes Manduca bergi Manduca chinchilla Manduca contracta M. diffisa mesosa Manduca florestan M. jordani M. lefeburei M. leucospila Manduca manducoides M. rustica M. scutata M. sexta caestri CH Man. sexta paphus Man. sexta saliensis M. stuarti Manduca tucumana Manduca undata Neococytius cluentius Neogene albescens Neogene carrerasi Neogene reevei Sphinx aurigutta Sphinx maura Sphinx phalerata

Smerinthini Adhem. gannascus Orecta acuminata Orecta lycidas eos Protam. s. strigilis

Dilophonotini Aellopos ceculus? A. tantalus tantalus Aellopos titan titan C. grises. grisescens Callionima parce Enyo lugubris lugubris Enyo ocypete Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis domingonis Erinnyis ello Er. impunctata Erinnyis lassauxi Erinnyis obscura Erinnyis oenotrus H. triptolemus Isognathus menechus Madoryx oiclus Pachylia ficus Pachylia syces syces Pachylio. resumens Perigonia pallida Pseudosphinx tetrio

Philampelini Eumorpha analis Eum. capronnieri Eumorpha cissi Eumorpha fasciatus Eumorpha labruscae Eumorpha neuburgeri E. s. posticarius Eum. triangulum Eumorpha vitis

Macroglossini Hyles annei CH Hyles euphorbiarum FC Hyles lineata FC X. ceratomioides X. chiron nechus Xylophanes docilis Xylophanes pluto X. schreiteri Xylophanes tersa tersa Xylophanes titana

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