Cocytius antaeus Drury, 1773 is a animal in the Sphingidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Cocytius antaeus Drury, 1773
Cocytius antaeus is a rare North American moth once thought to be the only ghost orchid pollinator there, distributed from Brazil to the southern US.
This species, Cocytius antaeus Drury, 1773, has a wingspan ranging from 126 to 178 mm. It is very rare in North America, and was once thought to be the only insect on the continent with a proboscis long enough to pollinate the ghost orchid. Its distribution extends from Brazil through Central America, and into southern California, southern Texas, and southern Florida in the United States.
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Aellopos ceculus Cramer, 1777
Neogene dynaeus Hübner
Coequosa australasiae Donovan, 1805
Manduca hannibal Cramer, 1779
Paratrea plebeja Fabricius, 1777
Pseudosphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1771
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