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Sphingidae 890153 – 7833   Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859)              Lassaux's Sphinx

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Distribution: Suggested by Heppner as a species straying into, but not breeding in, Florida. Synonymy: lassanxi (Bönninghausen, 1899) (Dilophonota) lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859) (Anceryx) - MONA 1983: 7833 cercyon (Burmeister, 1878) (Dilophonota) janiphae (Boisduval, [1875]) (Anceryx) merianae Grote, 1865 (Erinnyis) omphaleae (Boisduval, 1870) (Anceryx) piperis (Schuaufuss, 1870) (Anceryx)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Hodges, R. W., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 21:p. 98; pl. 9.4. order or free PDF Species Page at Bill Oehlke's moth website - Erinnyis lassauxii Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist Tuttle, J. P., 2007. Hawk Moths of North America: p. 134; pl. 4.6.

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