Poole, Karen E.
Aellopos
Sign in to saveThe genus Aellopos consists of large day-flying moths in the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species in this genus occur from Maine in the United States through Central America and down to Argentina and Uruguay in South America.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Collections
- GMNH, MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM (MPM), MSU, USNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Cayman Islands
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- Parent taxon
- Macroglossinae
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- Aellopos titan MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Minas Suriname male dorsal.jpg
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The genus Aellopos consists of large day-flying moths in the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species in this genus occur from Maine in the United States through Central America and down to Argentina and Uruguay in South America.
==Species== Aellopos blaini (Herrich-Schaffer, 1869) Aellopos ceculus (Cramer, 1777) Aellopos clavipes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) – clavipes sphinx moth Aellopos fadus (Cramer, 1775) – Fadus sphinx moth Aellopos tantalus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tantalus sphinx moth Aellopos titan (Cramer, 1777) – Titan sphinx moth
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