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Syssphinx Hübner, [1819]
Syssphinx Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 143, TS: Phalaena molina Cramer
Sphingicampa Walsh, 1864; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 9: 290, TS: Sphingicampa distigma Walsh
Psephopaectes Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 5, TS: Psephopaectes simulatilis Grote & Robinson
Ceroderes Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15 : 81, TS: Phalaena molina Cramer
Bouvierina Michener, 1949; J. Kans. ent. Soc. 22: 143, TS: Adelephala hoegei Druce
= Sphingicampa ; [NACL, 108]
Syssisphinx ; Walker, 1855, List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 6: 1388 (key), 1503 (missp.)
Sysisphinx ; Pagenstecher, 1909, Geogr. Verbreitung Schmett.: 433 (missp.)
Syssphinx ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 172
Sphingicampa (Citheroniinae) ; [NACL, 108]
Syssphinx (Ceratocampinae) ; [MABL]
Syssphinx bisecta (Lintner, 1879)
ENA. See [About maps] Bisected Honey Locust Moth
Anisota bisecta Lintner, 1879; , TL: Racine, Wisconsin
Sphingicampa nebulosa Neumoegen, 1890
= ; [NACL, #7712]
Sphingicampa bisecta, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sphingicampa bisecta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Sphingicampa bisecta ; [NACL, #7712]
Syssphinx bisecta ;

Larva on Gleditsia triacanthos, Gymnocladus dioicus [SMNA]

Syssphinx bicolor (Harris, 1841)
ENA, Mexico. See [About maps] Honey Locust Moth
Dryocampa bicolor Harris, 1841; Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 293, TL: North Carolina
Sphingicampa distigma Walsh, 1864; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 9: 290, TL: [Illinois, Rock Island]
= ; [NACL, #7709]
immaculata Jewett, 1882²
= ; [NACL, #7709]
Sphingicampa suprema Neumoegen, 1885
= ; [NACL, #7709]
Sphingicampa bicolor, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Syssphinx bicolor, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Sphingicampa bicolor ; [NACL, #7709]
Syssphinx bicolor ; [MABL]

Larva on Gleditsia triacanthos, Gymnocladus dioicus [SMNA]

Syssphinx heiligbrodti (Harvey, 1877)
Texas, Mexico. See [About maps] Anisota heiligbrodti Harvey, 1877; , TL: Bastrop Co., Texas
Sphingicampa heiligbrodti, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sphingicampa heiligbrodti, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Sphingicampa heiligbrodti ; [NACL, #7710]
Syssphinx heiligbrodti ; [MABL]

Larva on Prosopis glandulosa, Acacia? [SMNA]

Syssphinx hubbardi Dryar, 1902
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California. See [About maps] Syssphinx hubbardi Dryar, 1902; , TL: Oracle, Arizona
Sphingicampa hubbardi, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sphingicampa hubbardi, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Sphingicampa hubbardi, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
 Sphingicampa hubbardi ; [NACL, #7711]
Syssphinx hubbardi ; [MABL]

Larva on Acacia wrightii, A. greggii, Prosopis glandulosa var. juliflora, Cercidium microphyllum [SMNA]

Syssphinx blanchardi (Ferguson, 1971)
Texas. See [About maps] Sphingicampa blanchardi Ferguson, 1971; , TL: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas
Sphingicampa blanchardi, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sphingicampa blanchardi, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Sphingicampa blanchardi ; [NACL, #7713]
Syssphinx blanchardi ;

Larva on Gleditsia triacanthos, Acacia farnesiana, A. angustissima, Leucaenia pulverulenta, Pithecellobium flexicaule [SMNA]

Syssphinx montana (Packard, 1905)
Arizona, Mexico. See [About maps] Adelocephala montana Packard, 1905; Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. 9: 78, TL: Among the mountains near Guadalajara, Mexico
Syssphinx montana ; [MABL]

Larva on Haematoxylon brasalita, Cassia emarginata [SMNA]

Syssphinx raspa (Boisduval, 1872)
Arizona, Mexico. See [About maps] Adelocephala raspa Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15 : 93, pl. 3, f. 1, TL: Oaxaca, Mexico
= Sphingicampa albolineata ; [NACL, #7714]
ruspa[sic] ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171 (missp.)
Syssphinx raspa ; [MABL]

Larva on Acacia angustissima [SMNA]

Syssphinx albolineata (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Texas, Mexico. See [About maps] Adelocephala albolineata Grote & Robinson, 1866; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 6 : 7, pl. 1, f. 7, TL: Mexico
Sphingicampa albolineata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sphingicampa albolineata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Adelocephala albolineata ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171
Sphingicampa albolineata ; [NACL, #7714]
Syssphinx albolineata ; [MABL]

Larva on Acacia?, Mimoma?, Leucaena? [SMNA]

Syssphinx quadrilineata (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
Mexico - Panama, Venezuela, Guatemala. See [About maps] Adelocephala quadrilineata Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 11, pl. 1, f. 2
Adelocephala hoegei Druce, 1886
Adelocephala högei Druce, 1886; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 172, 3: pl. 16, f. 9, TL: Mexico, Valldolid in Yucatan, Jalapa
Adelocephala quadrilineata ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171
S. q. quadrilineata
Mexico, ...? Syssphinx quadrilineata quadrilineata ; [MABL]
S. q. occlusa (Dognin, 1916)
Ecuador
Syssphinx xanthina Lemaire, 1984
Guatemala. See [About maps]
Syssphinx molina (Cramer, [1780])
Ecuador, Surinam. See [About maps] Phalaena molina Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25-26a): 25, pl. 302, f. E, F, TL: Surinam
Adelocephala grandis Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 8, pl. 1, f. 7
Syssphinx molina ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 172; [MABL]
S. m. simulatilis (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
Mexico Psephophaectes simulatilis Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 6, pl. 1, f. 1, TL: Mexico
Syssphinx bidens (Rothschild, 1907)
Ecuador. See [About maps]
Syssphinx amena (Travassos, 1941)
Ecuador. See [About maps]
Syssphinx colla Dyar, 1907
-. See [About maps]
S. c. colla
Mexico, ...? Syssphinx colla colla ; [MABL]
S. c. grisea Lemaire, 1988
Mexico, ...? Syssphinx colla grisea ; [MABL]
Syssphinx colloida (Dyar, 1925)
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Syssphinx colloida ; [MABL]
Syssphinx digueti (Bouvier, 1929)
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Syssphinx digueti ; [MABL]
Syssphinx gomezi Lemaire, 1984²
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] gomezi Lemaire, 1984²
Sysphinx gomezi ; [MABL]
Syssphinx malinacoensis (Lemaire, 1975)
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Syssphinx malinacoensis ; [MABL]
Syssphinx mexicana (Boisduval, 1872)
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Othorene mexicana Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15 : 84
Syssphinx mexicana ; [MABL]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Adelocephala boisduvali; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171, 3: pl. 16, f. 1-2
Syssphinx modena Dyar, 1913
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Syssphinx modena ; [MABL]
Syssphinx pescadori Lemaire, 1988
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Syssphinx pescadori ; [MABL]
Syssphinx yucatana (Druce, 1904)
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Syssphinx yucatana ; [MABL]
Syssphinx isias (Boisduval, 1872)
Mexico. See [About maps] Adelocephala isias Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15 : 92, TL: Mexico
Adelocephala isias ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171
Syssphinx ocellata (Rothschild, 1907)
-. See [About maps] Othorene ocellata Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 425, TL: Carabaya, SE. Peru; La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Tinguri; Santo Domingo
S. o. ocellata
Peru
S. o. bidens (Rothschild, 1907)
Venezuela Othorene ocellata bidens Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 426, TL: Merida, Venezuela

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[MABL]
Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[SMNA]
Tuskes, Paul M., Tuttle, James P., Collins, Michael M.; The wild silk moths of North America
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1872
Note sur la tribu de Adélocéphalides Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15 : 79-96
Cramer, [1780]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25-26a): 1-28, pl. 289-304 (1780)
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1886; Godman & Salvin, 1886
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Grote & Robinson, 1866
Lepidopterological notes and descriptions - No. 2 Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 6 : 1-30
Grote & Robinson, 1867
Descriptions of American Lepidoptera. - No. 1-3 Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 1-30, pl. 1-2, : 171-192, pl. 4, : 323-360, pl. 6-7
Harris, 1841
A report on the insects of Massachusetts injurious to vegetation Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn: 459pp
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Pagenstecher, 1909
Die geographische Verbreitung der Schmetterlinge. Med.-Nat. Ges., Jena Geogr. Verbreitung Schmett.: IX + 451pp
Rothschild, 1907
New American Saturniidae and Ceratocampidae Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 413-432
Walker, 1855
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Walsh, 1864
On certain remarkable or exceptional larvae... Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 9: 286-318

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