Sphingidae of Guyana

This tentative checklist has recently (February 1, 2011) been created and posted, inspired by a submission from David Morimoto.

I have used the nomenclature from Kitching and Cadiou 2000. I do not have reference material listing the species found in Guyana, but I do have reliable sources for the Sphingidae found in Venezuela and French Guiana. I have made interpolations, and include below those species found in both Venezuela and French Guiana. Thus I have probably omitted some species endemic to Guyana, and there may be some species found in both Venezuela and French Guiana that are not found in Guyana, although that is unlikely. In some cases I have included a ? after the listing because I think the species is probably present although not listed in both Venezuela and French Guiana. I will revise the checklist over time as new data becomes available.

Hemeroplanes triptolemus, Karanambu, Guyana,
November, courtesy of Polly Rothstein via Robert Behrstock, id by Bill Oehlke.

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Sphingini Agrius cingulatus Amphi. walkeri Ampho. duponchel Ampho. lucifer Coc. antaeus Manduca albiplaga Man. brunalba ? Manduca d. dalica Man. dif. tropicalis Manduca florestan Man. h. hannibal ? Man. lefeburii ? Man. leucospila Man. lucetius ? Morc. mortuorum ? Manduca rustica Manduca s. paphus Manduca vestalis Neoc. cluentius Pseudo. beelzebuth

Smerinthini Ad. gannascus Adh. palmeri Adhem. d. daphne ? Adhem. gagarini Adhem. sexoculata Adhemarius ypsilon Protamb. eurycles Protamb. goeldii Protamb. strigilis Protam. sulphurea

Dilophonotini Aellopos ceculus Aellopos clavipes ? Aellopos fadus Aellopos titan titan Aleuron carinata A. chloroptera Aleuron iphis Aleuron neglectum Baniwa yavitensis ? Call. denticulata Call. falcifera Callionima inuus Callionima nomius Callionima pan pan Callionima p. parce Enyo cavifer Enyo gorgon Enyo l. lugubris Enyo ocypete Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Er. domingonis Erinnyis e. ello Erinnyis lassauxi Erinnyis o. obscura Erinnyis oenotrus Eupyrrho. sagra Hemer. ornatus H. triptolemus Is. allamandae ? Is. c. caricae Is. excelsior Isognathus leachi Is. menechus I. rimosa papayae Isognathus scyron Is. swainsoni Is. tepuyensis Mad. b. bubastus Mad. oiclus oiclus M. p. plutonius Nyceryx coffeae Nyceryx ericea Nyceryx maxwelli Nyceryx riscus Nyceryx stuarti Nyceryx tacita Oryba achemenides Oryba kadeni P. caliginosa P. subhamata ? Pachylia darceta Pachylia ficus Pachylia s. syces Pach. resumens Perigonia ilus Perigonia lusca Perigonia pallida Perigonia pittieri Perigonia stulta Phryxus caicus Pseudosphinx tetrio Unzela japix Unzela pronoe

Philampelini E. anchemolus E. capronnieri E. fasciatus E. labruscae E. megaeacus ? Eumorpha obliquus Eumorpha phorbas E. sat. licaon Eumorpha vitis

Macroglossini Hyles lineata ? X. a. amadis Xylophanes anubus X. ceratomioides X. chiron nechus X. colinae Xylophanes elara X. epaphus X. fusimacula X. guianensis X. haxairei Xylophanes loelia Xylophanes media X. neoptolemus X. pistacina Xylophanes ploetzi Xylophanes pluto X. p. continentalis X. rufescens Xylophanes tersa Xylophanes thyelia Xylophanes titana X. tyndarus

* Eitschberger, 2002, split specimens previously listed as Adhemarius ypsilon into two species: true ypsilon and roessleri. One or the other, but not both, flies in French Guiana. Eitschberger indicates roessleri.

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Sphingini: Manduca
Sphingini: Agrius, Amphimoea, Cocytius, Amphonyx, Morcocytius, Pseudococytius
Smerinthini: Adhemarius and Protambulyx
Dilophonotini: Aleuron, Enyo, Pachygonidia 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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