Smerinthus atlanticus
General description:
Synonymized with Smerinthus ocellatus [sic] by Rothschild, 1894, Novit. zool.1: 98. Reinstated as a geographic variety by Staudinger, 1901, in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. Pal. Faunen.1: 99. Raised to species status by Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1989, Atalanta20: 261. ReSynonymized with Smerinthus ocellata as a subspecies by Pittaway, 1993, The hawkmoths of the Western Palaearctic: 100. Erroneously treated as a species by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.22. ReSynonymized with Smerinthus ocellata as a subspecies by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the World: 66. Reinstated as a species by Eitschberger, 2002, Neue ent. Nachr.23: 89. UNPUBLISHED STAT. REV.