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Taxonomy
Lintneria merops (Boisduval, 1870)
SUMMARY
Synonymized with Sphinx lugens by Boisduval, [1875], in: Boisduval & Guen├®e, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. g├®n. L├®pid. H├®t├®roc├¿res) 1: 88. Reinstated as a species byButler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond.9: 619. Erroneously synonymized with Sphinx lugens by Smith, 1888, Trans. Amer. ent. Soc.15: 191. Reinstated as a species by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool.9 (suppl.): 117 (key), 121. Transferred to Lintneria by Tuttle, 2007, The Hawkmoths of North America: 97.