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.

Many thanks to Ezequiel Nunez Bustos for his data and beautiful images. Nigel Venters, Fernando Penco, Oz Rittner and Dr. Carlos Marzano have also supplied much data and many images.

Below the checklist for Argentina are links to checklists for the individual provinces.

Over the years Ezequiel Osvaldo Núñez Bustos has sent me many published updates of his research into the distribution of Sphingidae in Argentina. Many thanks for his sharing and tireless work.

Sphingini Agrius cingulata EB Amph. walkeri* Cocy. antaeus EB Cocy. duponchel EB Cocy. lucifer EB Eur. guttiventris EB Mand. albiplaga* Mand. armatipes NV M.. bergamatipes NV Mand. bergi FP Mand. contracta EB M. diff. diffissa EB M. diff. mesosa EB M. diff. petuniae IK Mand. florestan EB M. fosteri EB M. han. hamilcar EB M. jordani EB M. lefeburei EB M. leucospila EB Mand. lichenea* M. manducoides* M. rustica EB M. scutata EB M.. sexta paphus OR M.. sexta saliensis NV M. stuarti EB Mand. tucumana FP M. undata EB Neoc. cluentius * Neog. albescens * Neog. carrerasi EB Neog. reevei FP Sph. aurigutta EB Sph. justiciae EB Sphinx maura CM Sph. phalerata FP

Smerinthini Adhem. daphne OR Ad. gannascus EB Adhem. palmeri EB Ore. acuminata * Ore. lycidas eos* Pro. astygonus EB Pro. s. strigilis*

Dilophonotini Aell. ceculus EB Aell. clavipes EB Aell. fadus* A. tantalus tantalus* Aell. titan titan* Al. chloroptera EB Al. neglectum EB C. gri. grisescens CM Call. inuus EB Call. nomius EB Call. parce EB Enyo gorgon EB Enyo lug. lugubris * Enyo ocypete EB Erinnyis alope EB Erinnyis crameri * Er. domingonis* Erinnyis ello OR Er. impunctata EB Er. lassauxi * Er. obscura EB Er. oenotrus NV Eupyrrh. sagra EB Hem. longistriga EB H. triptolemus* Isog. caricae EB Isog. leachi EB Isog. menechus EB Mad. bubastus EB Madoryx oiclus EB Mad. plutonius EB Nyceryx alophus EB Nyc. continua EB N. c. cratera EB Nyc. nictitans EB Nyc. furtadoi WO? N. hyposticta EB Nyc. riscus EB Pachylia ficus* Pachyl. s. syces * Pach. resumens OR Perigonia ilus EB Perig. pallida EB Perig. passerina Perig stulta EB Phryxus caicus OR Pseudo. tetrio * Un. j. descrepans EB

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

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

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

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

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