Aellopos titan
Appearance
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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
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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
[edit]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
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Male dorsal
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Male ventral
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Female dorsal
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Female ventral
Subspecies
[edit]- Aellopos titan titan - Brazil
- Aellopos titan cubana (Clark, 1936) - Cuba
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Titan sphinx Aellopos titan (Cramer, 1777)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 19, 2018.