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In a rural area in Distrito Federal, Brazil.

It's the only species in the genus Pseudosphinx. It was described by Linnaeus in 1771 as Sphinx tetrio.

This moth specializes on plants of the family Apocynaceae. This includes Plumeria rubra and P. alba, and Allamanda cathartica.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Tribe: Dilophonotini
Genus: Pseudosphinx Burmeister, 1856
Species: P. tetrio (Linnaeus, 1771)
Binomial name: Pseudosphinx tetrio
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  • Taken: Jan 11, 2020
  • Uploaded: Feb 1, 2020
  • Updated: Apr 23, 2024