Aellopos titan

Aellopos titan, the Titan sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.

Titan sphinx
A. t. titan in the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Aellopos
Species:	A. titan
Binomial name
Aellopos titan (Cramer, 1777)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx titan Cramer, 1777 Aellopos titan aguacana Gehlen, 1944 Sesia titan cubana Clark, 1936

Distribution

It has been found all the way from Maine in the United States through Central America and south to Argentina and Uruguay in South America.

Description

The wingspan is 55–65 mm.^[2]

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  Male dorsal
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  Male ventral
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  Female dorsal
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  Female ventral

Subspecies

• Aellopos titan titan - Brazil
• Aellopos titan cubana (Clark, 1936) - Cuba