Neogene reevei

Neogene reevei is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1882.^[1] It is known from Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.^[2]

Neogene reevei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Neogene
Species:	N. reevei
Binomial name
Neogene reevei (H. Druce, 1882)
Synonyms
Hyloicus reevei H. Druce, 1882 Sphinx baruta Berg, 1883 Sphinx cossoides Rothschild, 1894 Neogene reevei minor Clark, 1938

It is similar to Neogene dynaeus. The hindwing upperside disc is more shaded with brown in the female than in the male, where the colour is mainly restricted to the veins. The width of the black border is individually variable.

Adults have been recorded in March in Santiago del Estero, January in Cordoba and February in Tucuman.