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Species of moth
Agrius cingulata
male, Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Genus:
Agrius
Species:
A. cingulata
Binomial name
Agrius cingulata
Native range, see text for details
Synonyms
Sphinx cingulata Fabricius, 1775
Herse cingulata
Protoparce cingulata
Phlegethontius cingulata
Sphinx affinis Goeze, 1780
Sphinx pungens Eschscholtz, 1821
Sphinx druraei Donovan, 1810
Agrius cingulatus
Agrius cingulata ypsilon-nigrum Bryk, 1953
Herse cingulata pallida Closs, 1917
Herse cingulata tukurine Lichy, 1943
Sphinx cingulata decolora Edwards, 1882
Agrius cingulata , the pink-spotted hawkmoth or sweetpotato hornworm , is a
moth in the family
Sphingidae . The species was
first described by
Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.
Description
The
imago has a
wingspan of 3+ 3 ⁄4 to 4+ 3 ⁄4 inches (9.5–12 cm). Its robust body is gray brown with pink bands. The
abdomen tapers to a point. The hindwings are gray with black bands and pink at the bases.
Female
Female underside
Male
Male underside
Biology
The
imago is
nocturnal .
[2] It feeds on the
nectar from deep-throated flowers including
moonflower (Calonyction aculeatum ),
morning glories (Convolvulus species), and
petunias (Petunia species).
[3]
[4]
The
larva is a large, stout
caterpillar with a horn. It feeds during the day and the night on
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas ),
Datura species, and other plants. It is known as a
pest of sweet potato.
[3]
Distribution
This is mainly a
neotropical species, and the adults
migrate north to
Canada and south to
Patagonia and the
Falkland Islands . It can also be found in the
Galápagos Islands and
Hawaii . It has been reported from western Europe, including
Portugal and the United Kingdom. It has recently become established in
West Africa and
Cape Verde , possibly having originated in
Brazil .
[5]
[6]
[7]
Gallery
Adult variation
Caterpillar
References
^
"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae" . Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from
the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011 .
^ da Paz, Joicelene Regina Lima; Gimenes, Miriam; Pigozzo, Camila Magalhães (2013). "Three diurnal patterns of anthesis in Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa (Convolvulaceae): Implications for temporal, behavioral and morphological characteristics of pollinators?". Flora – Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants . 208 (2): 138–146.
doi :
10.1016/j.flora.2013.02.007 .
ISSN
0367-2530 .
^
a
b Halder, Bani; Sultana, Shanjida; Akter, Tangin; Begum, Shefali (20 July 2018).
"Life cycle, feeding behavior and nature of damage of sweet potato leaf moth, Agrius cingulata (Fabricius) and Agrius Convolvuli (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)" . Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences . 27 (2): 125–134.
doi :
10.3329/dujbs.v27i2.46461 .
ISSN
2408-8501 .
^ Johnson, Steven D.; Raguso, Robert A. (7 September 2015).
"The long-tongued hawkmoth pollinator niche for native and invasive plants in Africa" . Annals of Botany . 117 (1): 25–36.
doi :
10.1093/aob/mcv137 .
ISSN
0305-7364 .
PMC
4701141 .
PMID
26346719 .
^ Pittaway, A. R. (2018).
"Agrius Hübner, [1819]" . Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic . Distribution. Retrieved 18 December 2018 .
^ Bauer, E.; Traub, B. (July 1980). Dr. Heinz Schröder for the Society Internationaler Entomologischer Verein (ed.). "Zur Macrolepidopterenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln" [On the
Macrolepidoptera
fauna of the
Cape Verde Islands]. Entomologische Zeitschrift (in German). 90 (14).
Frankfurt am Main : Alfred Kernen Verlag in
Stuttgart : 244–248 ("Part 1: Sphingidae und Arctiidae").
^ Eduardo Marabuto (2006).
"The Occurrence Of A Neotropical Hawkmoth In Southern Portugal: Agrius cingulatus " (PDF) . Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa . 38 : 163–166.
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