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, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]

Agrius (Sphinginae); [MABL]
Agrius (Acherontiini); [HMW], 18; [RFEL]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Herse; auct. nec Agassiz, 1846

Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

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: 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, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Agrius convolvuli, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
Agrius convolvuli, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Agrius convolvuli, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
Agrius convolvuli, African Moths [AFM]
Agrius convolvuli, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Agrius convolvuli, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Agrius convolvuli, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Agrius convolvuli, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Agrius convolvuli, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]

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
Herse convolvuli; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 11
Agrius convolvuli; [HMW]; [RFEL]

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.: 1, 14 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 cingulatus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Agrius cingulata, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
Agrius cingulata, African Moths [AFM]
Agrius cingulata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Agrius cingulata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Agrius cingulata, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Agrius cingulata, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Agrius cingulatus, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Agrius cingulatus, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]

Protoparce cingulata; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 21
Agrius cingulata; [HMW]
Agrius cingulatus; [MABL]

Agrius cordiae Riotte, 1984 Marshall Is.

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

Agrius cordiae; [HMW]

Agrius luctifera (Walker, [1865])

Moluccas, New Guinea. 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)
- = ; [HMW]

Herse luctifera; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 216
Agrius luctifera; [HMW]

Agrius godarti (Macleaey, [1826])

Australia. See [maps]

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

Agrius godarti, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Agrius godarti, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Agrius godarti; [HMW]

Agrius rothschildi Kitching & Cadiou, 2000

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]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[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!
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[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
[Karl Hofsäß] Karl Hofsaess
e-mail: Karl Hofsäß
[Kimmo Silvonen] Espoo, Finland
Kimmo's Lep Site
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[Laurent Soubielle]
e-mail: Laurent Soubielle
[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
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[PNWM]
Pacific Northwest Moths
[Pierre Zagatti] WWW pages
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti
[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)
[maps]
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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: 100pp, pl. 1-36 (1792), 2: 102pp, pl. 37-72 (1793), 3: 100pp, pl. 73-108 (1794), 4: 102pp, pl. 109-144 (1795), 5: 116pp, pl. 145-180 (1796), 6: 92pp, pl. 181-216 (1797), 7: 102pp, pl. 217-252 (1798), 8: 92pp, pl. 253-288 (1799), 9: 82pp, pl. 289-324 (1800), 10: 102pp, pl. 325-360 (1801), 11: 107pp, pl. 361-396 (1804), 12: 107pp, pl. 397-432 (1807), 13: 78pp, pl. 433-468 (1808), 14: 95pp, pl. 469-504 (1810), 15: 88pp, pl. 505-540 (1811), 16: 101pp, 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
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
[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
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
[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
[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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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) female France, Pyrenees (~1600m), Photo © Laurent Soubielle Agrius convolvuli (f.) det. Tony Pittaway
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