Agrius cingulata

Taxobox
name = Pink-Spotted Hawkmoth


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image_caption = "Agrius cingulata", adult
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Sphingidae
genus = "Agrius"
species = "A. cingulata"
binomial = "Agrius cingulata"
binomial_authority = (Fabricius, 1775)
range_

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range_map_caption = native range, see text for details
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synonyms ="Sphinx cingulata"
"Sphinx affinis"
"Sphinx pungens"
"Sphinx druraei"
"Agrius cingulatus"

The Pink-spotted Hawkmoth ("Agrius cingulata", synonym: "Agrius cingulatus") is a species of moth in the Sphingidae family. The imagines have a wingspan of 3 3/4 - 4 3/4 inches (9.5 - 12 cm). "), and other related plants. "A. cingulatus" can sometimes become pests on the sweet potato vines.

Distribution

Originally a neotropical species (but also found on Galapagos and Hawai'i, adults migrate north up to Canada and south up to Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. There have even been reports from western Europe, for example Portugal. It has recently been established in West Africa and the Cap Verde Islands. They presumably arrived there from Brazil. [http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/a_cin.htm]

External links

* [http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3356 Pink-Spotted Hawkmoth] Moths of North America Guide
* [http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/acingula.htm The Pink-spotted Hawkmoth]