Synonymized (as ‡ciculus) with Sphinx stellatarum (as var. γ) by Gmelin, 1790, Syst. Nat. (Edn 13) 1 (5): 2387. Reinstated as a species by Hübner, 1819, Verz. bekannter Schmett.: 132. Transferred Eupyrrhoglossum by Grote, 1865, Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 43; then to Sesia by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 433. Transferred to Aellopos by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 112.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
