Classification > Family
Sphingidae
> Subfamily
Sphinginae
> Tribe
Sphingini
> Subtribe
"Xantophan genus group"
> Genus
Amphimoea
Amphimoea walkeri (Boisduval, [1875])
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
- Amphonyx staudingeri Druce, 1888
- Amphonyx walkeri Boisduval, 1875
- Cocytius magnificus Rothschild, 1894
- Cocytius misionum Köhler, 1924
Some individuals of this species have the longest known probosces, reaching 28 cm in length (Amsel, 1938).
Caterpillar host plants: Annonaceae.
- 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.).
- 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.
- 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].
