Lintneria eremitoides (Taxonomy)
Synonymized with Agrius lugens by Grote, 1875, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci.2: 228. Reinstated as a species by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera1: 692. Transferred to Lintneria by Tuttle, 2007, The Hawkmoths of North America: 97.
Similar to Lintneria separatus, but readily identifiable by its smaller size (fwl 32-45 mm. as against 47-55 mm.), pale yellow-grey ground colour and forewing upperside pattern of wavy transverse lines. Other distinguishing features include: prothoracic tegulae without obviously yellow marginal spots;mesothoracic tegula with mesial streak much narrower, not heavier than the distinct black dorsal border;abdomen with lateral marks smaller and more triangular; foretibia more densely spinose, with 3 or 4 heavy apical spines and a number of smaller ones on the outer surface from apex to near base;midtibia as long (female) or nearly as long (male) as the first 2 midtarsal segments; forewing upperside with basal and medio-costal areas more white;apical, oblique, interrupted black streak much thinner; hindwing upperside with subbasal white band more grey, and the distal border narrower. Gnathos more deeply sinuate than in Lintneria separatus.Harpe similar to that of Lintneria lugens, but narrower, ventrally less rounded-dilated, the tooth shorter and less curved (that of Lintneria separatus is more similar to that of Lintneria geminus).Aedeagus similar to that of Lintneria geminus, the apical process shorter than in Lintneria separatus.