HOLOTYPE ♂ Brazil: [Rio de Janeiro,] Petropolis [Petrópolis], Independencia [Independência], 1929 (P.P. Gagarin) [IOCR].
Taxonomic Notes:
Implicitly synonymized with Amplypterus gannascus by Clark, 1937, Proc. New Engl. zool. Club 16: 39. Reinstated as a species by Lichy, 1962, Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. cent. Venez. 2: 71. Implicitly transferred to Adhemarius by d'Abrera, [1987], Sphingidae Mundi: 52. Synonymized with Adhemarius gannascus gannascus by Carcasson & Heppner, 1996, Atlas Neotrop. Lepid. 4B: 53. Reinstated as a species by Haxaire & Herbin, 1999, Rev. Assoc. rouss. Ent. 8: 70.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
