Syssphinx

Syssphinx Hübner, [1819]

Syssphinx Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 143; TS: Phalaena molina Cramer
Sphingicampa Walsh, 1864; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 9: 290; TS: Sphingicampa distigma Walsh
Psephopaectes Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1: 5; TS: Psephopaectes simulatilis Grote & Robinson
Ceroderes Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15: 81; TS: Phalaena molina Cramer
Bouvierina Michener, 1949; J. Kans. ent. Soc. 22: 143; TS: Adelocephala hoegei Druce
- = Sphingicampa; [NACL], 108

Bouvierina; [NHM-BMW]
Ceroderes; [NHM-BMW]
Psephopaectes; [NHM-BMW]
Sphingicampa; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [NHM-BMW]
Sphingicampa (Citheroniinae); [NACL], 108
Sysisphinx; Pagenstecher, 1909, Geogr. Verbreitung Schmett.: 433 (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Syssisphinx; Walker, 1855, List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 6: 1388 (key), 1503 (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Syssphinx; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 172; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Syssphinx (Ceratocampinae); [MABL]

Syssphinx bisecta (Lintner, 1879) ENA. See [maps] Bisected Honey Locust Moth
- Anisota bisecta Lintner, 1879; ; TL: Racine, Wisconsin
- Sphingicampa nebulosa Neumoegen, 1890
  - = Sphingicampa bisecta; [NACL], #7712
- Anisota bisecta; [iNaturalist]
- Sphingicampa bisecta; [NACL], #7712; [LepIndex] ; [BAMONA]
- Syssphinx bisecta; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Larva on Gleditsia triacanthos, Gymnocladus dioicus [SMNA]
Syssphinx bicolor (Harris, 1841) ENA, Mexico. See [maps] Honey Locust Moth
- Dryocampa bicolor Harris, 1841; Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 293; TL: North Carolina
- Sphingicampa distigma Walsh, 1864; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 9: 290; TL: [Illinois, Rock Island]
  - = Sphingicampa bicolor; [NACL], #7709
- Sphingicampa immaculata Jewett, 1882²
  - = Sphingicampa bicolor; [NACL], #7709
- Sphingicampa suprema Neumoegen, 1885
  - = Sphingicampa bicolor; [NACL], #7709
- Sphingicampa bicolor; [NACL], #7709; [LepIndex]
- Syssphinx bicolor; [MABL]; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA] ; [BAMONA]
Larva on Gleditsia triacanthos, Gymnocladus dioicus [SMNA]
Syssphinx heiligbrodti (Harvey, 1877) Texas, Mexico. See [maps]
- Anisota heiligbrodti Harvey, 1877; ; TL: Bastrop Co., Texas
- Anisota heiligbrodti; [iNaturalist]
- Sphingicampa heiligbrodti; [NACL], #7710; [LepIndex] ; [BAMONA]
- Syssphinx heiligbrodti; [MABL]; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Larva on Prosopis glandulosa, Acacia ? [SMNA]
Syssphinx hubbardi Dryar, 1902 Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California. See [maps]
- Syssphinx hubbardi Dryar, 1902; ; TL: Oracle, Arizona
- Sphingicampa hubbardi; [NACL], #7711; [LepIndex] ; [BAMONA]
- Syssphinx hubbardi; [MABL]; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Larva on Acacia wrightii, A. greggii, Prosopis glandulosa var. juliflora, Cercidium microphyllum [SMNA]
Syssphinx blanchardi (Ferguson, 1971) Texas. See [maps]
- Sphingicampa blanchardi Ferguson, 1971; ; TL: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas
- Sphingicampa blanchardi; [NACL], #7713; [LepIndex] ; [BAMONA]
- Syssphinx blanchardi; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Larva on Gleditsia triacanthos, Acacia farnesiana, A. angustissima, Leucaenia pulverulenta, Pithecellobium flexicaule [SMNA]
Syssphinx montana (Packard, 1905) Arizona, Mexico. See [maps]
- Adelocephala montana Packard, 1905; Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. 9: 78; TL: Among the mountains near Guadalajara, Mexico
- Syssphinx montana; [MABL]; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA]
Larva on Haematoxylon brasalita, Cassia emarginata [SMNA]
Syssphinx raspa (Boisduval, 1872) Arizona, Mexico. See [maps]
- Adelocephala raspa Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15: 93, pl. 3, f. 1; TL: Oaxaca, Mexico
  - = Sphingicampa albolineata; [NACL], #7714
- Adelocephala ruspa[sic, raspa]; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171
- Syssphinx raspa; [MABL]; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Larva on Acacia angustissima [SMNA]
Syssphinx albolineata (Grote & Robinson, 1866) Texas, Mexico. See [maps]
- Adelocephala albolineata Grote & Robinson, 1866; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 6: 7, pl. 1, f. 7; TL: Mexico
- Adelocephala albolineata; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171
- Sphingicampa albolineata; [NACL], #7714; [LepIndex] ; [BAMONA]
- Syssphinx albolineata; [MABL]; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Larva on Acacia ?, Mimoma ?, Leucaena ? [SMNA]
Syssphinx quadrilineata (Grote & Robinson, 1867) Mexico - Panama, Venezuela, Guatemala. See [maps]
- Adelocephala quadrilineata Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1: 11, pl. 1, f. 2
- Adelocephala hoegei Druce, 1886
- Adelocephala högei Druce, 1886; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 172, 3: pl. 16, f. 9; TL: Mexico, Valldolid in Yucatan, Jalapa
- Adelocephala quadrilineata; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171
- Syssphinx quadrilineata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- S. q. quadrilineata Mexico, ...?
  - Syssphinx quadrilineata quadrilineata; [MABL]; [iNaturalist]
- S. q. occlusa (Dognin, 1916) Ecuador
  - Syssphinx quadrilineata occlusa; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx xanthina Lemaire, 1984 Guatemala. See [maps]
- Syssphinx xanthina; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx molina (Cramer, [1780]) Ecuador, Surinam. See [maps]
- Phalaena molina Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25-26a): 25, pl. 302, f. E, F; TL: Surinam
- Adelocephala grandis Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1: 8, pl. 1, f. 7
- Syssphinx molina molipiurica; [CoL]
- Syssphinx molina molpiurica; [GBCL]
- Syssphinx molina obtusa; [LepIndex]
- Syssphinx molina; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 172; [MABL]; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 21; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- S. m. simulatilis (Grote & Robinson, 1867) Mexico
  - Psephopaectes simulatilis Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1: 6, pl. 1, f. 1; TL: Mexico
  - Syssphinx molina simulatilis; [LepIndex]
Syssphinx bidens (Rothschild, 1907) Ecuador. See [maps]
- Syssphinx bidens; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx amena (Travassos, 1941) Ecuador. See [maps]
- Syssphinx amena; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx colla Dyar, 1907 -. See [maps]
- Syssphinx colla Dyar, 1907; J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 15: 229; TL: Orizaba, Mexico
- Syssphinx colla; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- S. c. colla Mexico, ...?
  - Syssphinx colla colla; [MABL]; [iNaturalist]
- S. c. grisea Lemaire, 1988 Mexico, ...?
  - Syssphinx colla grisea; [MABL]; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx colloida (Dyar, 1925) Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Syssphinx colloida; [MABL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx digueti (Bouvier, 1929) Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Syssphinx digueti; [MABL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx gomezi Lemaire, 1984² Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Sysphinx gomezi Lemaire, 1984²
- Sysphinx gomezi; [MABL]
- Syssphinx gomezi; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx malinacoensis (Lemaire, 1975) Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Syssphinx malinacoensis; [MABL]
Syssphinx mexicana (Boisduval, 1872) Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Othorene mexicana Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15: 84
- Syssphinx mexicana; [MABL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx modena (Dyar, 1913) Mexico, .... See [maps]
- Sisphynx[sic] modena Dyar, 1913; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 44 (1951): 283; TL: Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Syssphinx modena; [MABL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx pescadori Lemaire, 1988 Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Syssphinx pescadori; [MABL]; [iNaturalist]
Syssphinx yucatana (Druce, 1904) Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Syssphinx yucatana; [MABL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx isias (Boisduval, 1872) Mexico. See [maps]
- Adelocephala isias Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15: 92; TL: Mexico
- Adelocephala isias; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171
- Syssphinx isias; [iNaturalist]
Syssphinx ocellata (Rothschild, 1907) -. See [maps]
- Othorene ocellata Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2): 425; TL: Carabaya, SE. Peru; La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Tinguri; Santo Domingo
- Syssphinx ocellata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- S. o. ocellata Peru
- S. o. bidens (Rothschild, 1907) Venezuela
  - Othorene ocellata bidens Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2): 426; TL: Merida, Venezuela

Unmatched external taxa

Syssphinx bezverkhovi; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx bidentalis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx bidmagdaleniana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx centriantioquiana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx centriboyacensis; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx centrichuchuviana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx centrimacula; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx centrizamorana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx chocoensis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx delmaiziana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx erubescens; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx fabiolae; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx gadouae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx hectori; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx jasonoides; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx jennyphillipsae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx lapazcellata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx malinalcoensis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx mexisinaloana; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx misionescellata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx modmexicana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx paracolla; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx paraxanthina; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx parocellata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx riekerti; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx santamartaiana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx smithi; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx tamaulipasiana; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx tatama; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Syssphinx thiaucourti; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

7.6.2023 (24)

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[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
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MABL] Manuel A. Balcázar Lara
Palomillas de México
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[²] This may require parentheses or not (original genus not verified)

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1872
Note sur la tribu de Adélocéphalides Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15 : 79-96
Cock, 2017
A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies Insecta Mundi 585 : 1-58
Cramer, [1780]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25-26a): 1-28, pl. 289-304 (1780), : 247-252 (index)
Dyar, 1907
New American Lepidoptera J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 15 : 226-234
Dyar, 1913
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 44 (1951) : 279-324
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1886; Godman & Salvin, 1886
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. 1-101
Grote & Robinson, 1866
Lepidopterological notes and descriptions - No. 2 Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 6 : 1-30, pl. 1-4
Grote & Robinson, 1867
Descriptions of American Lepidoptera. - No. 1-3 Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 1-30, pl. 1-2, : 171-192, pl. 4, : 323-360, pl. 6-7
Harris, 1841
A report on the insects of Massachusetts injurious to vegetation Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn : 3-459
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
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])
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
Packard, 1905
Monograph of the bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature (2) Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. 9 : 5-147
Pagenstecher, 1909
Die geographische Verbreitung der Schmetterlinge Geogr. Verbreitung Schmett. : 1-451
Rothschild, 1907
New American Saturniidae and Ceratocampidae Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 413-432
[SMNA]; Tuskes, Tuttle, & Collins, 1996
The wild silk moths of North America
Walker, 1855
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 583-775 (1855), 4: 777-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Walsh, 1864
On certain remarkable or exceptional larvae... Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 9 : 286-318

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