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Darapsa Walker, 1856

Darapsa Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 182, TS: Sphinx choerilus
Otus Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 142 (preocc.)
Ampeloeca Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 522, TS: Choerocampa versicolor
Darapsa (Macroglossinae) ; [MABL]
Darapsa (Macroglossina) ; [HMW, 18]

Darapsa choerilus (Cramer, [1779])

NA. See [About maps] Azalea Sphinx
Sphinx choerilus Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 91
Sphinx choerilus Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 174 (index), (17-21): pl. 247, f. A, TL: Virginia
Sphinx pholus Cramer, [1776]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (8): 154 (index), pl. 87, f. B (preocc.), TL: West Indies [Erroneous locality]
Sphinx azaleae Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 53, pl. 27, TL: Georgia
Sphinx chlorinda Martyn, 1797; Psyche: pl. 25, f. 66-67
Sphinx chlorinda Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19) : 545
flavescens Closs, 1911
Darapsa pholus brodiei Clark, 1929; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 11: 21, TL: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Darapsa choerilus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Darapsa choerilus, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Darapsa pholus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Darapsa pholus, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
D. choerilus, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Darapsa pholus ;
Darapsa choerilus ; [HMW]

1280x960 (~180Kb) CANADA: Nova Scotia, Waverley, 12.7.2004, Photo © Peter Payzant

Larva on Azalea, Viburnum [MNA21]

Darapsa myron (Cramer, [1779])

ENA, Texas. See [About maps] Virginia-creeper Sphinx Grape-vine Sphinx Hog Caterpillar
Sphinx myron Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 91, TL: Virginia
Sphinx myron Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 175 (index), (17-21): pl. 247, f. C, TL: Virginia
Sphinx pampinatrix Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 55, pl. 28, TL: Georgia
Otus cnotus Hübner, [1823]; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : 23, : f. 321-322, TL: Savannah, Georgia
Ampeloeca myron ab. lutescens Clark, 1920; Proc. New England Zool. Club 7 : 72, TL: New York
Ampeloeca myron texana Clark, 1920; Proc. New England Zool. Club 7 : 72, TL: Shovel Mt., Texas; Jemez Springs, New Mexico
isatis (Debauche, 1934)
Darapsa myron, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Darapsa myron, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Darapsa myron, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
D. myron, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Darapsa myron ; [HMW]

Larva on Ampelopsis, Parthenocissus quiquefolia, Viburnum [MNA21]

D. m. myron

Mexico, ...? Darapsa myron myron ; [MABL]

D. m. mexicana (Gehlen, 1933)

Mexico, ...? Darapsa myron mexicana ; [HMW]; [MABL]

Darapsa versicolor (Harris, 1839)

NA. See [About maps] Hydrangea Sphinx
Choerocampa versicolor Harris, 1839; Amer. J. Sci. Arts, 36 (2): 303, TL: Massachusetts?
Ampeloeca versicolor ab. lutescens Clark, 1920; Proc. New England Zool. Club 7 : 71, TL: Long Island, New York
Darapsa versicolor, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Darapsa versicolor, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Darapsa versicolor, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Darapsa versicolor ; [HMW]

Larva on Cephalanthus occidentalis, Hydrangea arborescens, Decodon verticillatus [MNA21]

21.9.2006 (3)

References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

[Lynn Scott]

Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images

[MABL]

Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México

[MNA21]

Ronald W. Hodges, 1971; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 21; SPHINGOIDEA

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[Peter Payzant]

Canada; http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/profile

Some related literature:

Butler, 1876

Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19) : 511-644, pl. 90-94

Clark, 1920

Sixteen new Sphingidae Proc. New England Zool. Club 7 : 65-78

Clark, 1929

Sundry notes on Sphingidae, descriptions of sixteen new forms and of one new genus Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 11: 7-24

Cramer, [1776]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)

Cramer, [1779]; Cramer, [1780]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)

Harris, 1839

Descriptive catalogue of the North American insects belonging to the Linnean genus Sphinx in the cabinet of Thaddeus William Harris Amer. J. Sci. Arts, 36 (2): 282-320

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Hübner, [1823]

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 2 [1819-] 1823 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (1823), : pl. [36-38], f. 201-218 (1819), : pl. [39-66], f. 219-382 (1819 - 1821), : pl. [67-69], f. 383-400 (1821 - 1822)

Martyn, 1797

Figures of non-descript lepidopterous insects, or rare moths and butterflies from different parts of the world Psyche: [32 pls]

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 1-813, : 815-972, pl. 1-67

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

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