Species info
Classification > Family Sphingidae > Subfamily Macroglossinae > Tribe Dilophonotini > Subtribe Dilophonotina > Genus Aellopos
Aellopos tantalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Catamarca
    • Chaco
    • Entre Ríos
    • Formosa
    • Misiones
    • Tucumán
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
 
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa sisyphus Burmeister, 1855
  • Sphinx ixion Linnaeus, 1758
  • Sphinx tantalus Linnaeus, 1758
Observations
The subspecies Aellopos tantalus tantalus is present in Argentina.


Host plants
Caterpillar host plants: Rubiaceae.
Links
References
  • MORÉ M, KITCHING IJ, COCUCCI AA. 2005. Sphingidae: Esfíngidos de Argentina, Hawkmoths of Argentina. Colin Sharp (editor). Literature of Latin America (LOLA), Buenos Aires. 166 pp.).
  • BENTANCUR-VIGLIONE MG. 2010. Lista de Sphingidae del Uruguay (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 38: 305-309.
  • ROBINSON GS, ACKERY PR, KITCHING IJ, BECCALONI GW & HERNÁNDEZ LM . 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts. (Accessed: 3 March.2021).
  • KITCHING IJ. 2021. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/, [3 March 2021].
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