Sphingidae of Argentina

Manduca diffissa diffissa larva, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
courtesy of Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos,
Martín García Island, on the Río de la Plata and near Uruguay.

Although I believe these "tribal" checklists contain only species within Argentina, I fully expect there are yet a few omissions. If you have corrections to offer, please contact
Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com.

Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos of Argentina will be sending images and data from his country.

Argentina is bordered by Chile on the West, the Atlantic Ocean to the East, and is capped by Bolivia and Paraguay to the North. The extreme northeastern section of Argentina is bordered by Uruguay and southeastern Brazil.

I am most thankful to Jean Haxaire for sending me an electronic copy of Faune de Bolivie, Lépidoptères Sphingidae, Ecologie et systématique. Those species, followed by *, are ones indicated by Jean for Bolivia, and they served as a starting point for this checklist.

I have added those species whose specimen type locality is Argentina.

Daniel Rojas Lanus (DRL) sent me a picture of Hyles lineata from Argentina. Oz Rittner (OR) sent me pictures of Pachylioides resumens, Phryxus caicus, Manduca sexta paphus, Adhemarius daphne and Xylophanes chiron nechus, all from Argentina. Additions to the list, confirmed by Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos, are followed by his initials (EB).

Many thanks to Jean Haxaire and Ian Kitching who have provided many images or helped with identifications.

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

Adhemarius daphne, Yacutinga Private Reserve, Misiones Province,
(near border between Argentina and Brazil), September 2007,
courtesy of Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos.

Sphingini Agrius cingulata* Amphimoea walkeri* Cocytius antaeus EB Cocytius duponchel EB Cocytius lucifer EB Euryg. guttiventris EB Manduca albiplaga* Manduca armatipes * Man. bergamatipes * Manduca bergi* Manduca contracta EB M. diffissa diffissa EB M. diffisa mesosa EB M. diff. petuniae IK Manduca florestan* M. fosteri EB M. hann. hamilcar EB M. jordani EB M. lefeburei EB M. leucospila EB Manduca lichenea* Manduca manducoides* M. rustica EB M. scutata EB Man. sexta paphus OR Man. sexta saliensis * M. stuarti EB Manduca tucumana* M. undata EB Neococytius cluentius * Neogene albescens * Neogene carrerasi EB Neogene reevei * Sphinx aurigutta EB Sphinx justiciae EB Sphinx maura * Sphinx phalerata *

Smerinthini Adhemarius daphne OR Adhem. gannascus EB Adhem. palmeri EB Orecta acuminata * Orecta lycidas eos* Protam. astygonus EB Protam. s. strigilis*

Dilophonotini Aellopos ceculus EB Aellopos clavipes EB Aellopos fadus* A. tantalus tantalus* Aellopos titan titan* Al. chloroptera EB C. grises. grisescens* Callionima inuus* Callionima nomius EB Callionima parce EB Enyo gorgon EB Enyo lugubris lugubris * Enyo ocypete EB Erinnyis alope * Erinnyis crameri * Erinnyis domingonis* Erinnyis ello OR Er. impunctata EB Erinnyis lassauxi * Erinnyis obscura EB Erinnyis oenotrus * Eupyrrh. sagra EB Hem. longistriga EB H. triptolemus* Isognathus caricae EB Isognathus leachi EB Isognathus menechus EB Madoryx bubastus EB Madoryx oiclus EB Madoryx plutonius EB Nyceryx alophus EB Nyceryx continua EB Nyceryx nictitans EB Nyceryx riscus EB Pachylia ficus* Pachylia syces syces * Pachylio. resumens OR Perigonia ilus EB Perigonia pallida EB Perigonia passerina Phryxus caicus OR Pseudosphinx tetrio *

Philampelini Eumorpha analis Eumorpha anchemolus* Eum. capronnieri EB Eumorpha cissi EB Eumorpha fasciatus* Eumorpha labruscae EB Eumorpha neuburgeri* E. translineatus ?? Eum. triangulum EB Eumorpha vitis EB

Macroglossini Hyles annei EB Hyles euphorbiarum * Hyles lineata DRL Xylophanes anubus* X. ceratomioides* X. chiron nechus *, OR Xylophanes docilis * Xylophanes epaphus EB Xylophanes fosteri EB Xylophanes isaon EB Xylophanes loelia EB Xylophanes marginalis EB Xyl. nabuchodonosor EB Xylophanes pluto * Xylophanes porcus EB Xylophanes resta EB X. schreiteri * Xylophanes tersa tersa* Xylophanes thyelia EB Xylophanes titana EB Xylophanes tyndarus EB

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

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