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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Darapsa

Genus Darapsa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Internet References
Azalea Sphinx - Hodges#7886 - Darapsa choerilus Moth - Darapsa myron Virginia Creeper Sphinx Moth - Darapsa myron Darapsa myron - Hodges #7885 - Darapsa myron Darapsa myron Cramer, 1779 ? - Darapsa myron Hydrangea Sphinx - Hodges#7884 - Darapsa versicolor Darapsa myron? - Darapsa myron Sphinx moth to porch light - Darapsa choerilus
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Subfamily Macroglossinae
Tribe Macroglossini
Genus Darapsa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1819 by Jacob Hübner as Otus, which was invalid because the name was already used for a genus of owls. Described again by Francis Walker as Darapsa
Numbers
three species in North America.
Internet References
North Carolina State Univ. Entomology Collection lists three species for that state, with number pinned: myron (139), pholus (61), versicolor (5)
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, v.8, p.182    Walker's description of the species
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Contributed by Cotinis on 28 April, 2004 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz
Last updated 22 August, 2018 - 7:53am

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