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 Salta are links to checklists for the other provinces.

Those species followed by WO? are not confirmed for Salta, but I (William Oehlke) suspect they might be present.

Many thanks also to Ezequiel Bustos who has sent me (December 2009) many additions for Salta from the area of Aguas Blancas (405m) near the border with Bolivia.

Ezequiel continues to send me updated, based on his extensive research into collection data, July 2017.

Sphingini Agrius cingulata Cocytius antaeus EB Cocyt. duponchel EB Mand. armatipes Mand. bergi Mand. contracta M. diff. mesosa Mand. florestan M. jordani M. leucospila M. rustica M. scutata M. sexta paphus EB M. s. saliensis WO? M. stuarti Mand. tucumana M. undata Neoc. cluentius Neog. albescens Neog. reevei Sphinx maura

Smerinthini Adhem. gannascus EB Protamb. strigilis EB

Dilophonotini Aellopos ceculus ? EB Aellopos clavipes EB Aell. titan titan C. grises. grisescens Callionima parce EB Enyo lug. lugubris Enyo ocypete Erinnyis alope Er. domingonis Erinnyis ello Er. impunctata EB Er. obscura Er. oenotrus Madoryx oiclus Nyceryx furtadoi WO? Nyc. hyposticta EB Pachylia ficus EB Pachylia syces EB Pachylio. resumens EB Perig. pallida Perigonia stulta EB Pseudo. tetrio

Philampelini Eumorpha analis Eum. labruscae EB Eumorpha vitis

Macroglossini Hyles euphorbiarum Hyles lineata Xyl. ceratomioides EB Xyl. ch. nechus EB Xylophanes docilis Xylophanes pluto EB Xylophanes t. tersa Xylophanes titana EB

Ezequiel Bustos has provided me with a list of species taken from Aguas Blancas (405m) in northwestern Salta:

Adhemarius gannascus (Stoll, 1790)
Protambulyx strigilis (Linnaeus, 1771)
Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Cocytius antaeus (Drury, 1773)
Cocytius duponchel (Poey, 1832)
Manduca armatipes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
Manduca bergi (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Manduca contracta (Butler, 1875)
Manduca diffisa mesosa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Manduca florestan (Stoll, 1782)
Manduca leucospila (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Manduca rustica (Fabricius, 1775)
Manduca scutata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Manduca sexta paphus (Cramer, 1779)
Neococytius cluentius (Cramer, 1775)
Aellopos ceculus (Cramer, 1777) ?
Aellopos clavipes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775)
Enyo ocypete (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erinnyis domingonis (Butler, 1875)
Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erinnyis impunctata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Erinnyis lassauxi (Boisduval, 1859)
Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius, 1775)
Erinnyis oenotrus (Cramer, 1780)
Madoryx oiclus (Cramer, 1779)
Pachylia ficus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pachylia syces (Hübner, [1822] 1816)
Pachylioides resumens (Walker, 1856)
Eumorpha analis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Eumorpha labruscae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eumorpha vitis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hyles euphorbiarum (Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835)
Xylophanes ceratomioides (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Xylophanes chiron nechus (Cramer, 1777)
Xylophanes docilis (Butler, 1875)
Xylophanes pluto (Fabricius, 1777)
Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus, 1771)
Xylophanes titana (Druce, 1878)
Santiago del Estero: Villa La Punta, XI-2008, 3 11 [ENBC]. Hyles lineata (Fabricius 1775) Entre Ríos: Salto de Méndez, XI-1998, 1 0 [ENBC]. Manduca contracta (Butler, 1875) Entre Ríos: Salto de Méndez, XI-1998, 1 1 [ENBC].

Most recently (July, 2017) I have added Nyceryx hyposticta and Perigonia stulta to the Argentina and Salta checklists based on Ezequiel's work.

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

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