Sphingidae of Peru

This is a very tentative checklist based primarily on a checklist I had compiled for Ecuador so I fully expect there are omissions and some erroneous inclusions. If you have corrections to offer, please contact
Bill Oehlke .

Many thanks to Vladimir Izersky (vi) who has begun (2008) to send many electronic images with data for Peru.

I have also added some species, based on listing on the CATE (C) website.

Hubert Mayer (hm), Bob Curry (bc) and Peter Bruce-Jones (pbj) have also sent many images from Peru as has Vadim Kroutov (VK).

Bernhard Wenczel indicates Jose Boettger sent him a Protaleuron rhodogaster from Oxacampa, Pasco, Peru, eastern slopes, at elevation of 2512m.

Patrick Demez (pd) sends this beautiful image of Hyles annei.

Hyles annei, Puente Blanco, Ica, southwestern Peru, last week in August, 2009, courtesy of Patrick Demez.

The Cocytius species were recently reassigned to several different genera: Amphonyx, Pseudococytius, Morcocytius. I have listed them alphabetically as they would appear in older Cocytius assignment with new genera designations. Cocytius macasensis is now regarded as a junior synonym of Amphonyx lucifer.

Sphinx merops judsoni has been equated with nominate merops, and I have followed Tuttle's movement of South American and Central American Sphinx species back to Lintneria genus. Hence Lintneria arthuri and Lintneria merops.

Many thanks to Frank Steiger who confirms both Nyceryx maxwelli and Protoleuron herbini.

I have added, February 26, 2015, Xylophanes epaphus to this list, based on personal communication with Vadim Kroutov.

In 2018-2019 Cesar Ivan Caballero de la Cruz has sent me many images from Motupe, Lambayeque, Peru. Among them are Adhemarius daphne daphne, Agrius cingulata, Eumorpha vitis, Hyles annei, Hyles lineata, Manduca sexta(?).

Sphingini Agrius cingulata Amphimoea walkeri Cocytius antaeus Pseudoc. beelzebuth Amphonyx duponchel Amphonyx lucifer Morcoc. mortuorum Euryg. albostigmata Euryglottis aper HM* Eury. davidianus HM Eurygl. dognini HM* Eury. guttiventris HM Euryglottis oliver Lintneria arthuri Lint. aurigutta HM Lintneria merops Lintneria porioni HM Manduca albiplaga Manduca andicola Manduca chinchilla Manduca clarki Manduca composi Manduca dalica dalica Manduca diffissa Manduca extrema Manduca florestan Manduca hannibal Manduca lanuginosa Manduca lefeburei Manduca lucetius Manduca leucospila Manduca mossi Manduca neglecta Manduca ochus Manduca pellenia Manduca rustica VK Manduca sexta sexta Manduca trimacula Manduca vestalis Neococ. cluentius *

Smerinthini Adhemarius daphne Adhemarius dentoni A. gannascus pbj Adhemarius palmeri Adhem. sexoculata * Adhem. tigrina pbj Adhemarius ypsilon Orecta venedictoffae Protambulyx euryalus Protambulyx eurycles Protambulyx goeldii Protamb. ockendeni Protambulyx s. strigilis

Dilophonotini Aellopos ceculus Aellopos clavipes Aellopos fadus A. tantalus tantalus Aellopos titan titan Aleuron carinata Aleuron chloroptera Aleuron cymographus Aleuron iphis Aleuron neglectum Callionima acuta C. calliomenae C. denticulata vi Callionima guiarti Callionima inuus vi C. juliane CATE Callionima nomius vi Callionima pan Callionima parce parce Enyo bathus jh Enyo cavifer vi Enyo gorgon vi Enyo lugubris vi Enyo ocypete vi Enyo taedium vi Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis ello ello Erinnyis lassauxi Erinn. o. obscura Erinnyis oenotrus Eupyrrhoglos. corvus Eupyrrhoglos. sagra Hemeroplanes diffusa H. longistriga Hemeroplanes ornatus H. triptolemus Iso. c. rainermarxi Isognathus leachi Iso. swainsoni pbj Madoryx b. bubastus Madoryx oiclus oiclus M. p. plutonius vi Nyceryx a. alophus Nyceryx coffeae Nyceryx c. continua Ny. cont. cratera Nyceryx ericea Nyceryx hyposticta vi Nyceryx lunaris Nyceryx magna Nyceryx maxwelli fs N. n. nictitans Nyceryx riscus Nyceryx stuarti Nyceryx tacita Oryba achemenides Oryba kadeni vi Pachyg. caliginosa Pachygonidia drucei Pachygonidia hopfferi Pachygonidia martini Pachygonidia ribbei Pachyg. subhamata Pachylia darceta Pachylia ficus * Pachylia syces syces Pachylioides resumens Perigonia grisea Pergonia ilus Perigonia lusca Perigonia stulta Phryxus caicus vi Protoleuron herbini fs Prot. rhodogaster bw Pseudosphinx tetrio U. j. descrepans ? Unzela j. japix vi Unzela pronoë pronoë

Philampelini Eumorpha adamsi Eumorpha anchemolus Eumorpha capronnieri Eumorpha cissi Eumorpha drucei Eumorpha eacus Eumorpha fasciata Eumorpha labruscae Eumorpha macasensis Eumorpha obliquus Eumorpha phorbas Eumorpha satellitia Eumorpha triangulum Eumorpha vitis Eumorpha zaplutus

Macroglossini Hyles annei pd Hyles lineata pd Xylophanes acrus ? Xylophanes aglaor ? Xyl. alexandrei Xylophanes amadis Xylophanes anubus Xylophanes bilineata C Xylophanes blanca C X. ceratomioides X. chiron chiron Xylophanes cosmius Xylophanes crotonis Xylophanes cyrene Xylophanes docilis Xylophanes dolius Xyloph. epaphus VK Xylophanes fusimacula Xylophanes guianensis Xyl. lamontagnei VK Xylophanes libya Xylophanes loelia Xyl. macasensis X. mac. maculator X. mac. wolfi Xylophanes mariae jh Xylophanes media Xylophanes mirabilis X. nabuchodon. pbj Xyl. obscurus vk Xyl. ockendeni VK Xylophanes pistacina Xylophanes pluto Xylophanes porioni Xyl. pyrrhus pbj Xylophanes resta * Xyl. rhodoclora bc Xylophanes rhodotus Xylophanes rothschildi Xyl. rufescens vi Xyl. sch. serenus vk Xylophanes schwartzi Xylophanes tersa tersa Xylophanes thyelia Xylophanes titana Xylophanes undata Xylophanes xylobotes

Nyceryx hyposticta, Coviriali, Junin, Peru,
November 21, 2008, 662m, courtesy of Vladimir Izersky.

Hyles lineata, Puente Blanco, Ica, southwestern Peru, September 30, 2009, courtesy of Patrick Demez.

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Sphingini: Manduca
Sphingini: Agrius, Amphimoea, Cocytius, Euryglottis, Lintneria, Sphinx
Smerinthini: Adhemarius, Orecta and Protambulyx
Dilophonotini: Aleuron, Enyo, Pachygonidia, Protaleuron and Unzela
Dilophonotini: Aellopos, Eupyrrhoglossum, Nyceryx and Perigonia
Dilophonotini: Callionima, Erinnyis, Hemeroplanes, Isognathus, Madoryx, Oryba, Pachylia, Pachylioides, Phryxus and Pseudosphinx
Philampelini: Eumorpha
Macroglossini: Hyles and Xylophanes

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