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Pachylia Walker, 1856
Pachylia Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 189, TS: Sphinx ficus
Pachylia Lucas, 1857; (preocc.)
Pachylia ; Druce, 1881, in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 15
Pachylia (Dilophonotina) ; [HMW, 18]
Pachylia (Macroglossinae) ; [MABL]

Pachylia darceta Druce, 1881
Venezuela, Ecuador, ...?. See [About maps] Pachylia darceta Druce, 1881; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 15, 3: pl. 2, f. 4, TL: Panama, Chiriqui
Pachylia darceta ; [HMW]

Pachylia ficus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Texas, Florida, CA, SA, Ecuador. See [About maps] Large fig hornworm
Sphinx ficus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 491, TL: America
Chaerocampa crameri Ménétriés, 1857; Cat. lep. Petersb. 2: 133, TL: Bahia (Brazil)
Pachylia lyncea Clemens, 1859; J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 4 (2): 159, TL: Texas
venezuelensis Schaufuss, 1870
undatifascia Butler, 1876
aterrima Bönninghausen, 1899
Pachylia ficus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Pachylia ficus, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Pachylia ficus, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Pachylia ficus ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 15; [HMW]; [MABL]
[ficus.jpg] 500x651 (~54Kb) Plate No. 33 © MERIAN

Larva on Ficus [NMA21]



Pachylia syces (Hübner, [1819])
Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mexico - Uruguay, Ecuador. See [About maps] Enyo syces Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 132, TL: Brazil
Pachylia inornata Clemens, 1859; J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 4 (2): 159
= ; [HMW]
cubensis Closs, 1911
= ; [HMW]
septentrionalis Gehlen, 1944
= ; [HMW]
Pachylia syces, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Pachylia syces ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 15
Pachylia syces syces ; [MABL]

Larva on Moraceae, Cecropia, Artocarpus, Ficus [Pierre Zagatti]

P. s. insularis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Pachylia syces insularis ; [HMW]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[HMW]
Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
[MABL]
Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México
[MERIAN]
Merian, M. S., 1705; Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Of te verandering der Surinaamsche insecten. Waar in de Surinaamsche rupsen en wormen met alle des zelfs veranderingen, na het leven afgebeeld en beschreeven worden, zynde elk geplaast op die gewassen, bloemen en vruchten, daar sy op gevonden zyn; waar in ook de generatie der kirkvorschen, wonderbaare padden, hagedissen, slangen, spinnen en mieren werden vertoond en beschreeven, alles in America na het leven en levensgroote geschildert en beschreeven; pp. 1-60, pl. 1-60; Image from Francisco Welter-Schultes
[Pierre Zagatti]
WWW pages; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti


Some related literature:
Clemens, 1859
Synopsis of the North American Sphingides J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 4 (2): 97-190
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1881; Godman & Salvin, 1881
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-64
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -
Ménétriés, 1857
Enumeratio corporum animalium Musei Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropilitanae. Classis Insectorum, Ordo Lepidopterorum Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: 1-66,67-97, pl. 1-6 (1855), 2: 67-112,99-144, pl. 7-14 (1857), 3: 145-161, pl. 15-18 (1863)
Walker, 1856
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)


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