Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) preserved at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires: Catalog of the types and checklist of Argentinean species

• Rodríguez-Ramírez, Joanna ^[1]
  1. [1] Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "B. Rivadavia", Buenos Aires
• Localización: Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, ISSN-e 1853-0400, ISSN 1514-5158, Vol. 16, Nº. 2, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: 150º Aniversario), págs. 185-200
• Idioma: español
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  • A catalog of all type specimens preserved in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “BernardinoRivadavia,” and a checklist of species of Argentinean Sphingidae kept in the museum, are presented. Ten nominalspecies, nine from Argentina and one from Perú, are represented by 13 type specimens. The checklist is based onthe examination of 1724 specimens. Numerous new records for most species are offered, with expansion of thedistribution of 25 species to new provinces.