Aellopos titan

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Titan sphinx
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A. t. titan in
the Pantanal, Brazil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Aellopos
Species:
A. titan
Binomial name
Aellopos titan
(Cramer, 1777) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx titanCramer, 1777
  • Aellopos titan aguacanaGehlen, 1944
  • Sesia titan cubanaClark, 1936

Aellopos titan, the Titan sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.

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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

The wingspan is 55–65 mm. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. "Aellopos titan". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.