Agrius cingulata

Agrius cingulata
ah-GREE-usmm sin-gue-LAY-ta
The Pink-spotted Hawkmoth
(Fabricius, 1775) Sphinx

Agrius cingulata, Bella Vista Lodge, Pichincha, Ecuador,
October 19, 2009, courtesy of Leif Gabrielsen.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Acherontiini, Boisduval, [1875]
Genus: Agrius Hubner, [1819] ...........
Species: cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)

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