''Perigonia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Sphingidae.
Species
*''
Perigonia caryae''
Cadiou & Rawlins, 1998
*''
Perigonia divisa''
Grote, 1865
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Perigonia glaucescens''
Walker, 1856
*''
Perigonia grisea''
Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1903
*''
Perigonia ilus''
Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...
, 1870
*''
Perigonia jamaicensis''
Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
, 1894
*''
Perigonia lefebvraei''
( H. Lucas, 1857)
*''
Perigonia leucopus''
Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1910
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Perigonia lusca
''Perigonia lusca'', the half-blind sphinx or coffee sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777.
Distribution
It is found from the northern tip of South America, through most of Cen ...
''
(Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
, 1777)
*''
Perigonia manni''
Clark
Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educate ...
, 1935
*''
Perigonia pallida''
Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1903
*''
Perigonia passerina''
Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...
, 1875
*''
Perigonia pittieri''
Lichy, 1962
*''
Perigonia stulta''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
*''
Perigonia thayeri''
Clark
Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educate ...
, 1928
Perigonia grisea MHNT CUT 2010 0 394, Guagua Pichincha Ecuador, male.jpg, '' Perigonia grisea''
Perigonia ilus MHNT CUT 2010 0 169 Santiago de Chiquitos, Santa Cruz, Bolivia female.jpg, '' Perigonia ilus''
Perigonia lefebvraei MHNT CUT 2010 0 169 Mordazo Cuba male.jpg, '' Perigonia lefebvraei''
Perigonia leucopus MHNT CUT 2010 0 394, Cuiaba Mato Grosso Brazil, male.jpg, '' Perigonia leucopus''
Perigonia lusca lusca MHNT CUT 2010 0 132 Parque Nacional Henri Pitter (Rancho Grande), Venezuela male.jpg, ''Perigonia lusca
''Perigonia lusca'', the half-blind sphinx or coffee sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777.
Distribution
It is found from the northern tip of South America, through most of Cen ...
''
Perigonia pallida MHNT CUT 2010 0 189 Parque Nacional Henri Pitter (Rancho Grande), Venezuela male.jpg, '' Perigonia pallida''
Perigonia stulta MHNT CUT 2010 0 394, Alto Palmar Chapare Bolivia, male.jpg, '' Perigonia stulta''
Dilophonotini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
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