Agrius cingulatus

Distribution: Canada to Argentina; Antilles.
Type locality: 'America'
Synonyms: Herse cingulata auct; Sphinx affinis Goeze 1780; Sphinx druraei Donovan 1810; Sphinx pungens Escholtz 1821.
E. Caribbean records: St. Lucia; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Martin; Dominica; Barbados.
Grenadines records: Union Is. (Daudin); Mustique (E.U. Exp.).
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by d’Abrera (1986) p. 13.
Notes: the larval foodplant is Ipomoea batata L. ('sweet potato').

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