Type(s) [Russia:] “aus der Gegend der deutschen Colonie an der unteren Wolga" [Sarepta] [????]. Hacker (1999, Esperiana 7: 452) found no authentic type material in ZSBS or LMWG.
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Sphingonaepiopsis by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 591. Transferred to Pterodonta by Danner, Eitschberger & Surholt, 1998, Herbipoliana 4(1): 179, 180. Transferred back to Sphingonaepiopsis by de Freina & Piatkowski, 1999, Atalanta 30: 267. Transferred to Neopterodonta by Eitschberger, 1999, Atalanta 30: 292. Transferred back to Sphingonaepiopsis by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 66.
Nomenclature notes:
Proposed as the new replacement name for Sphinx gorgon Esper. Boisduval, 1840, Genera Index meth. eur. lepid.: 46, incorrectly attributed gorgoniades to himself.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
