| Titan sphinx | |
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| A. t. titan in the Pantanal, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Aellopos |
| Species: | A. titan |
| Binomial name | |
| Aellopos titan | |
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Aellopos titan, the Titan sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.
Distribution
It has been found all the way from Maine in the United States through Central America and south to Argentina and Uruguay in South America.
Description
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Female dorsal
Female ventral
Subspecies
- Aellopos titan titan - Brazil
- Aellopos titan cubana (Clark, 1936) - Cuba
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Aellopos titan". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links
- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Titan sphinx Aellopos titan (Cramer, 1777)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
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