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Agrius cingulata  (Fabricius, 1775)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 936020

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
  
  Common Name(s): Pink-spotted Hawkmoth [English]
  
    Sweet-potato Hornworm [English]
  
    sweet potato hornworm [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyBombycoidea   
                                     FamilySphingidae Latreille, 1802 – hawk moths, hornworms, sphinx moths  
                                        SubfamilySphinginae Latreille, 1802  
                                           TribeAcherontiini Boisduval, 1875  
                                              GenusAgrius Hübner, 1819  
                                                 SpeciesAgrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) – Pink-spotted Hawkmoth, Sweet-potato Hornworm, sweet potato hornworm  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nishida, Gordon M., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist, 4th ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bishop Museum Technical Report no. 22   
  Page(s): iv + 313   
  Publisher: Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum   
  Publication Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1085-455X   
  Notes: Contribution No. 2002-005 to the Hawaii Biological Survey   
  Reference for: Agrius cingulata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tuttle, James P.  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Hawk Moths of North America: A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada   
  Page(s): 253   
  Publisher: The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780979663307   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
    Oceania  
    North America  
    Middle America  
    Caribbean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Incidental  
    Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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  Comment: Mandatory correction for gender concordance may be required, see Agrius cingulatus  
 

 

    

 
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