Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Agrius cingulatus Fabricius
- Preferred Common Name
- pink-spotted hawkmoth
- Other Scientific Names
- Herse cingulata Fabricius
- Protoparce cingulata Fabricius
- Sphinx affinis Goeze
- Sphinx cingulatus Farbicius
- Sphinx druraei Donovan
- Sphinx pungens Eschscholtz
- International Common Names
- Englishsweet potato hornwormsweet potato sphinx mothsweetpotato, hornworm
- Spanishgusano de la hoja de la batata
- Frenchchenille des feuilles de la patate
- EPPO code
- HERSCI (Herse cingulata)
Pictures
Live adult
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Adult. Castries, Castries, St. Lucia. November 2011.
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Live adult
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Adult. Sao Paulo, Brazil. September 2015. (Image cropped but otherwise unedited)
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Adult specimen
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Female dorsal side. Itatiaia National Park, Brazil. February 2018.
©Didier Descouens (Muséum de Toulouse)/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0
Adult specimen
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Female ventral side. Itatiaia National Park, Brazil. February 2018.
©Didier Descouens (Muséum de Toulouse)/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0
Adult specimen
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Male dorsal side. Itatiaia National Park, Brazil. February 2018.
©Didier Descouens (Muséum de Toulouse)/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0
Adult specimen
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Male ventral side. Itatiaia National Park, Brazil. February 2018.
©Didier Descouens (Muséum de Toulouse)/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0
Larva
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Larva. TinguáNova, Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May 2017.
©Diogo Luiz/via iNaturalist - CC BY-SA 4.0
Larva
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Larva. TinguáNova, Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May 2017.
©Diogo Luiz/via iNaturalist - CC BY-SA 4.0
Larva
Agrius cingulatus (pink-spotted hawkmoth); Larva. Kihei, Hawaii, USA. December 2017.
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Distribution
Host Plants and Other Plants Affected
| Host | Family | Host status | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipomoea (morning glory) | Convolvulaceae | Main | |
| Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato) | Convolvulaceae | Main |
List of Symptoms/Signs
| Symptom or sign | Life stages | Sign or diagnosis | Disease stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plants/Leaves/honeydew or sooty mould |
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History
Published online: 24 November 2019
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