Xylophanes pluto

Distribution: southern USA to Argentina; Antilles.
Type locality: 'South America'.
Synonyms: Sphinx crosesus Dalman 1823; Oreus thorates Hubner 1827.
E. Caribbean records: St. Lucia; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Martin; Marie-Galante; Barbados; St. Vincent.
Grenadines records: Union (Daudin, Nov. 1985); Bequia, Union, Canouan, Mustique, Petite Martinique, Mayero, Quatre, Baliceaux, Battowia (E.U. Exp.).
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by d'Abrera (1986) p. 171.

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