Protambulyx fasciatus Gehlen, 1928
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
- Protambulyx xanthus subsp. australis Clark, 1937
Synonymized with Protambulyx eurycles by Clark, 1929, Proc. New Engl. zool. Club 11: 9. Listed as a species by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.21. Resynonymized with Protambulyx eurycles by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 64. Reinstated as a species by Haxaire & Mielke, 2020, European Ent. 11 (3+4): 121.
Protambulyx fasciatus differs from P. eurycles by the following characteres: smaller wingspan, forewing darker with the four antemedial and postmedial bands broader and diffuse; the oblique dark line on CuA1, wider and diffuse, while thin and well-defined in
P. eurycles. The female of P. fasciatus is greyish brown, slightly bigger than the male.
Protambulyx fasciatus differs from P. eurycles by the following characteres: smaller wingspan, forewing darker with the four antemedial and postmedial bands broader and diffuse; the oblique dark line on CuA1, wider and diffuse, while thin and well-defined in
P. eurycles. The female of P. fasciatus is greyish brown, slightly bigger than the male.
- HAXAIRE J, MIELKE CGC. 2020. A revised and annotated checklist of the Brazilian Sphingidae with new records, taxonomical notes, and a description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 11(3–4): 101–187
- KITCHING IJ. 2021. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/, [3 March 2021].
- NÚÑEZ BUSTOS E.O. . 2022. La fauna de esfíngidos del Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina: diversidad y lista de especies (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Historia Natural Tercera Serie Volumen 12 (3)
