Agrius

Agrius Hübner, [1819]

Agrius Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 140; TS: Sphinx cingulata Fabricius
Timoria Kaye, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 4 (20): 93; TS: Timoria concolorata Kaye

Agrius; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Agrius (Acherontiini); [HMW], 18; [RFEL]
Agrius (Sphingidae); Haruta, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 89
Agrius (Sphinginae); Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 349; [MABL]
Timoria; [NHM-BMW]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Herse; auct. nec Agassiz, 1846

Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)

AF, SEU, Asia Minor, Temperate Asia, S.Asia, Australia. See [maps] Kassitapusuru Sphix du Liseron Morning Glory Sphinx Moth Windenschwärmer Trompa Larga Kiertokiitäjä Åkervindesvärmare Sweetpotato Hornworm Windig Convolvulus Hawk-moth Esfinge de las Enredadoras

Sphinx convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 435; TL: Europe
abadonna Fabricius, 1798
Sphinx patatas Ménétriés, 1857; Cat. lep. Petersb. 2: 90
Sphinx roseafasciata Koch, 1865; Indo.-Austral. Lep.-Fauna: 54
Sphinx pseudoconvolvuli Schaufuss, 1870; Nunquam Otiosus 1 (1): 15
Protoparce distans Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19): 609
Protoparce orientalis Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19): 609, pl. 91, f. 16-17
batatae Christ, 1882
alicea Neuberger, 1899
nigricans Cannaviello, 1900
fuscosignata Tutt, 1904
grisea Tutt, 1904
ichangensis Tutt, 1904
intermedia Tutt, 1904
javanensis Tutt, 1904
major Tutt, 1904
minor Tutt, 1904
obscura Tutt, 1904
suffusa Tutt, 1904
tahitiensis Tutt, 1904
unicolor Tutt, 1904
variegata Tutt, 1904
virgata Tutt, 1904
fasciata Pillich, 1909
indica Skel, 1913
marshallensis Clark, 1922
peitaihoensis Clark, 1922
aksuensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927
extincta Gehlen, 1928
posticoconflua Bryk, 1946

Agrius convolvuli aksuensis; [LepIndex]; [iNaturalist]
Agrius convolvuli convolvuli; [iNaturalist]
Agrius convolvuli marshallensis; [LepIndex]
Agrius convolvuli peitaihoensis; [LepIndex]; [iNaturalist]
Agrius convolvuli; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 349, pl. 66, f. 3; [BSW]; [HMW]; [HMCSA]; Haruta, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 89, pl. 21, f. 1; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [MOB] ; [AFM] ; [SVF] ; [Don Herbison-Evans] ; [Tony Pittaway] ; [Tony Pittaway]
Herse convolvuli; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 11; [SPRK]
Protoparce orientalis; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 5, pl. 75, f. 1, 1a-e
Sphinx convolvuli; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 510

816x864 (~63Kb) Camborne, W. Cornwall, UK, (UV trap), Photo © Andrew Torry leg.	512x768 (~53Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, 8° 49' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 250m, 06.08.1998, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	800x600 (~79Kb) ♀ France, Pyrenees (~1600m), Photo © Laurent Soubielle Agrius convolvuli (f.) det. Tony Pittaway
769x513 (~133Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko	750x668 (~191Kb) Russia, Kaluga area, 5.9.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	1024x768 (~200Kb) Russia, Kaluga area, 5.9.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov
1024x768 (~149Kb) Russia, Kaluga area, 5.9.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov

Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)

SNA, CA, SA. See [maps] Pink Spotted Hawk-moth Sweetpotato Hornworm

Sphinx cingulata Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 545.; TL: America
Sphinx affinis Goeze, 1780; Ent. Beyträge 3 (2): 215; TL: America
Sphinx pungens Eschscholtz, 1821; in Kotzebue, Entdeck. Reise Süd-See 3 (App. 5): 218, pl. 11, f. 28; TL: America
Sphinx druraei Donovan, 1810; Nat. Hist. Br. Ins. 14: 1, pl. 469; TL: England
Sphinx cingulata var. decolora H. Edwards, 1882; Papilio 2 (1): 11; TL: Indian River, Florida
pallida Closs, 1917
tukurine Lichy, 1943
ypsilon-nigrum Bryk, 1953

Agrius cingulata; [MNA21]; [HMW]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [PNWM] ; [AFM] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
Agrius cingulatus; [MABL]; [MBE] ; [Tony Pittaway]
Protoparce cingulata; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 21

Agrius cordiae Riotte, 1984 Marshall Is.

Agrius cordiae Riotte, 1984; Int. J. Ent. 26: 339

Agrius cordiae; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Agrius luctifera (Walker, [1865])

Moluccas, New Guinea, ...., Australia, . See [maps]

luctifera (Walker, [1865]); List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 35; TL: Moluccas
Protoparce schmeltzii Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (56): 158; TL: Australia
Phlegethontius lixi Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1): 94; TL: Nicura, British New Guinea
Protoparce triangulifera Holland, 1900; Novit. Zool. 7 (3): 556; TL: Buru
Timoria concolorata Kaye, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 4 (20): 93; TL: Tenimber I.
elegans (Gehlen, 1932) (Herse); Ent. Rdsch. 49: 65; TL: N.India
- = ; [HMW]

Agrius luctifera elegans; [LepIndex]
Agrius luctifera; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Herse luctifera; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 216

Agrius godarti (Macleaey, [1826])

Australia. See [maps]

Sphinx godarti Macleaey, [1826]
Sphinx distincta Lucas, 1891; Butterflies and Moths: ?; TL: Queensland

Agrius godarti; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

Agrius rothschildi Kitching & Cadiou, 2000 Loyalty Is., New Caledonia, ...

Agrius rothschildi Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; [HMW], 37 (repl. Sphinx fasciatus Rothschild, 1894)
Sphinx fasciatus Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1): 94; TL: Lifu, Loyalty Islands
- = ; [HMW]

Agrius fasciatus; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 349, pl. 66, f. 2; [LepIndex]
Agrius rothschildi; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[Andrew Torry]
e-mail: Andrew Torry
[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[JHS]
Japan Heterocerits's Society; (Back Issues); Tinea vols 10-20
[Karl Hofsäß] Karl Hofsaess
e-mail: Karl Hofsäß
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[Laurent Soubielle]
e-mail: Laurent Soubielle
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MABL] Manuel A. Balcázar Lara
Palomillas de México
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MOB] Holloway & Barlow
Online version of; Moths of Borneo
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[PNWM]
Pacific Northwest Moths
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[Tony Pittaway] WWW pages
Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Butler, 1876
Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19) : 511-644, pl. 90-94
Butler, 1882
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Duke of York Island and New Britain Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (55): 36-43, (56): 149-160, (57): 226-238
Donovan, 1810
The natural history of British insects; explaining them in their several states ... with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope Nat. Hist. Br. Ins. 1: 3-80, pl. 1-36 (1792), 2: 3-96, pl. 37-72 (1793), 3: 1-98, pl. 73-108 (1794), 4: 3-96, pl. 109-144 (1795), 5: 3-110, pl. 145-180 (1796), 6: 3-86, pl. 181-216 (1797), 7: 3-96, pl. 217-252 (1798), 8: 3-88, pl. 253-288 (1799), 9: 3-78, pl. 289-324 (1800), 10: 3-95, pl. 325-360 (1801), 11: 1-100, pl. 361-396 (1804), 12: 1-102, pl. 397-432 (1807), 13: 1-74, pl. 433-468 (1808), 14: 1-90, pl. 469-504 (1810), 15: 1-83, pl. 505-540 (1811), 16: 1-91, pl. 541-576 (1813)
H. Edwards, 1882
New species of Heterocera Papilio 2 (1) : 9-15
Eschscholtz, 1821
Beschreibung neuer ausländischer Schmetterling in Kotzebue, Entdeck. Reise Süd-See 3 (App. 5) : 201-219 (11pls)
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus Syst. Ent. : 1-832
[BSW]; de Freina & Witt, 1987
Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis
Gehlen, 1932
Neue Sphingiden Ent. Rdsch. 49 : 65-66
Godman & Salvin, 1881
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Goeze, 1780
Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linné zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems Ent. Beyträge 3 (2) : 1-350
Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Le Pamir et sa faune lépidoptérologique in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4 : 1-576, pl. A,1-21
Haruta, 1995
Moths of Nepal 4 Tinea 14 (suppl. 2) : 1 (Horie,Yazaki), : 2-27 (Yazaki), : 28-37 (Sato), : 38-48 (Kishida), : 49-88 (Yoshimoto), : 89 (Haruta), : 90-118 (Sugi), : 119-139 (Inoue), : 140-147 (Nakajima), : 148-149 (Sakurai), : 150-181 (Robinson), : 182-193 (Yamanaka), : 194-206 (Arita & Gorbunov), : pl. 97-128
[MNA21]; Hodges, 1971
SPHINGOIDEA Moths America N of Mexico 21
Holland, 1900
The Lepidoptera of Buru. (1) Rhopalocera, (2) Heterocera Novit. Zool. 7 (1): 54-86, (3): 555-591
Holloway, 1979
A survey of the Lepidoptera, Biogeography and Ecology of New Caledonia Series Entom. 15 : 1-588, pl. 1-87
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Kaye, 1919
New Species and Genera of Nymphalidae, Syntomidae, and Sphingidae in the Joicey Collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 4 (20) : 84-94
[HMW]; Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Hawkmoths of the World
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Ménétriés, 1857
Enumeratio corporum animalium Musei Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropilitanae. Classis Insectorum, Ordo Lepidopterorum Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: 1-66, pl. 1-6, (supplement) 67-112 (1855), 2: 67-97,99-144, pl. 7-14 (1857), 3: 145-161, pl. 15-18 (1863)
Moore, 1882
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 1-72, pl. 72-107 (1882), (2): 73-162, pl. 108-143 ([1883])
[HMCSA]; Pinhey, 1962
Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa
Rothschild, 1894
Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 65-98, pl. 5-7
Rothschild, 1915
On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227
Schaufuss, 1870
Die exotischen Lepidoptera heterocera der früher Kaden'schen Sammlung Nunquam Otiosus 1 (1) : 7-23
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14
Walker, [1865]
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

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