Classification > Family
Sphingidae
> Subfamily
Macroglossinae
> Tribe
Dilophonotini
> Subtribe
Dilophonotina
> Genus
Pseudosphinx
Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus, 1771)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Salta
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
Other distribution
- Pseudosphinx obscura Butler, 1876
- Pseudosphinx tetrio albina Gehlen, 1941
- Pseudosphinx tetrio lucia Moosburg, 1996
- Pseudosphinx tetrio f. suelii Moosburg, 1996
- Sphinx hasdrubal Cramer, 1779
- Sphinx plumieriae Fabricius, 1793
- Sphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1771
It is one of the largest species present in Argentina, along with species of the genus Cocytius, Neococytius and Amphimoea, but with a considerably shorter proboscis (less than 5 cm in length).
Caterpillar host plants: Apocynaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae.
- BENTANCUR-VIGLIONE MG. 2010. Lista de Sphingidae del Uruguay (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 38: 305-309.
- MORÉ M, KITCHING IJ, COCUCCI AA. 2014. Lepidoptera: Sphingidae. In: Roig-Junent S, Claps LE, Morrone JJ, eds. Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos. Tucumán, Argentina: Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, cap. 4, pp 281–295.
- AGUADO JA, PENCO CF, NÚÑEZ BUSTOS E. 2021. Lepidoptera Argentina. Catálogo ilustrado y comentado de las mariposas de Argentina. Parte XV: Sphingidae
- JANZEN DH. 2021. Caterpillars, pupae, butterflies & moths. Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. http://janzen.sas.penn.upenn.edu./index.html/, [22 March 2021]
- KITCHING IJ. 2021. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/, [3 March 2021].
