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Agrius cingulata
They feed during the day and also during the night on "Sweet Potato" ("Ipomoea batatas"), "Jimsonweed" ("Datura sp."), and other related plants. A. "cingulatus" can sometimes become pests on the "Sweet Potato vines".
Originally a neotropical species (but also found on Galapagos and Hawai'i), adults migrate north up to Canada and south up to Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. There have even been reports from western Europe, for example Portugal. It has recently been established in West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands. They presumably arrived there from Brazil.
Spotted on Apr 22, 2013
Submitted on Apr 23, 2013
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