Sphingidae of Paraguay

Xylophanes tersa Paraguay (widespread), courtesy of Ulf Drechsel.

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

I am most thankful to Jean Haxaire for sending me an electronic copy of Faune de Bolivie, Lépidoptères Sphingidae, Ecologie et systématique.

I have used Haxaire's list as a starting point, but have only included those species, from the list, generally recognized as flying in Argentina.

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

In September 2007, Paul Smith directed me to the site, Fauna Paraguay where a provisional checklist has been created, using Moré, Kitching & Cocucci - Sphingidae: Hawkmoths of Argentina; http://www.pybio.org/MACROGLOSSINAE.htm (Paraguay) and http://www.pybio.org/SPHINGINAE.htm (Paraguay); and this site: Oehlke - Hawkmoths of the Americas.

I have delisted the species not indicated by Paul Smith, and I have followed additions from Paul's list with his initials.

Andres Oscar Contreras (AOC) has sent me many additions from Neembucu.

Sphingini Agrius cingulatus Amphimoea walkeri Cocytius antaeus PS Cocytius duponchel PS Cocytius lucifer PS Cocytius mephisto PS Manduca albiplaga Manduca armatipes Manduca contracta PS Ma. corumbensis PS M. diffissa diffissa M. diffisa mesosa M. diffisa petuniae M. diff. tropicalis IK M. diffissa zischkai M. florestan AOC Manduca fosteri PS Manduca hannibal PS Manduca incisa PS Manduca lefeburii PS Manduca lichenea Manduca lucetius Manduca manducoides Manduca rustica PS Manduca scutata PS M. sexta paphus M. sexta saliensis M. tucumana AOC Manduca undata PS Neococytius cluentius Neo. carrerasi AOC Neogene curitiba PS Neogene dynaeus PS Neogene intermedia PS Neogene pictus Neogene reevei

Smerinthini Adhemarius daphne PS Adhem. eurysthenes UD Ad. gannascus AOC Ad. palmeri PS Or. lyc. eos AOC Prot. astygonus PS Prot. s. strigilis

Dilophonotini Aellopos clavipes AOC Aellopos fadus A. tantalus tantalus Aellopos titan AOC Aleu. chloroptera PS Aleuron iphis PS Aleuron neglectum PS Callion. falcifera PS C. gri. grisescens AOC Callionima inuus AOC Callionima nomius PS Callionima parce PS Enyo gorgon PS Enyo japix PS Enyo l. lugubris AOC Enyo ocypete PS Enyo t. australis PS Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri AOC Erin. domingonis AOC Erinnyis ello AOC Erinnyis lassauxi Erinnyis obscura PS Erinnyis oenotrus AOC Eupyrrho. sagra PS Hemer. longistriga PS H. triptolemus Isognathus caricae PS Isognathus leachii PS Isognathus allamande Madoryx bubastus PS Madoryx oiclus PS Madoryx plutonius PS Nyceryx a. ixion PS Nyceryx continua PS Nyceryx furtadoi PS Nyceryx nictitans PS Nyceryx riscus PS Nyceryx stuarti PS Pachylia ficus Pachylia syces syces Pachy. resumens AOC Perigonia ilus PS Perigonia pallida PS Perigonia passerina Phryxus caicus AOC Pseudosphinx tetrio

Philampelini Eumorpha adamsi Eumorpha analis AOC E. anchemolus E. fasciata AOC E. labruscae PS Eumorpha satellitia PS Eumorpha vitis PS

Macroglossini H. euphorbiarum PS Xylophanes anubus X. ceratomioides X. chiron nechus X. depuiseti PS X. elara PS X. fosteri PS X. isaon PS X. kaempferi PS X. libya PS X. loelia PS X. marginalis PS X. pistacina PS Xylophanes pluto X. porcus PS Xylophanes tersa tersa X. thyelia PS X. titana PS X. tyndarus PS

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