Agrius cingulatus

Distribution: Canada to Argentina; Antilles.
Type locality: 'America'
Synonyms: Sphinx affinis Goeze 1780; Sphinx druraei Donovan 1810; Sphinx pungens Escscholtz 1821.
Source of record: Schreiber (1978); Gowdey (1926); Carey (1951); Cadiou (pers. comm., 1988).
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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