Texas, Florida, Mississippi, CA, SA, Ecuador. See [About maps]
Frangipani hornworm
Sphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1771; Mantissa Plant. 2: 538, TL: "America mer."
Sphinx hasdrubal Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): pl. 246 (1779), fig. F, (index) 175,, TL: Surinam, Curacao
Sphinx plumieriae Fabricius, 1793
Pseudosphinx obscura Butler, 1877; Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 9: 610, TL: Honduras, New Grenada, Brazil
albina Gehlen, 1941
suelii Moosburg, 1996
lucia Moosburg, 1998
Pseudosphinx tetrio, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Pseudosphinx tetrio, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Pseudosphinx tetrio, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Pseudosphinx tetrio ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 22; [HMW]; [MABL]
Larva on
Euphorbiaceae,
Plumeria rubra,
Jasminum [MNA21]
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