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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 » Dilophonotini » Erinnyis » Cramer's Sphinx Moth  - Hodges#7836 (Erinnyis crameri)

Species Erinnyis crameri - Cramer's Sphinx Moth - Hodges#7836

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Erinnyis sp - Erinnyis crameri - male 7836 - Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis crameri ? - Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis crameri - female
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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 Dilophonotini
Genus Erinnyis
Species crameri (Cramer's Sphinx Moth - Hodges#7836)
Hodges Number
7836
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Erinnyis crameri (Schaus, 1898)
Dilophonota crameri Schaus, 1898 (136)
Many synonyms from Central and South America.
Numbers
There are eight named species of Erinnyis in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Wingspan 83-95 mm. (1), (2)
Identification
Key points are the lack of black bands on the dorsal of the gray abdomen, and the underside does not have black spots.
The hindwing is dull orange with a narrow black border along the entire outer margin. (2)
Range
so. CA to so. TX, so. FL / Mex. to C. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (3)
Season
Most records for adults are June through October. (1)
Adults fly year round in southern Florida. (1)
Food
Adults are nectar feeders and are attracted to bouncing bet, Saponaria officinalis L. (3)
Larval hosts include several plants in Apocynaceae (dogbane family). (3)
See Also
Erinnyis obscura *hindwing has dark patch instead of band

Erinnyis lassauxii *abdomen has black and white transverse bands

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hodges, R.W. 1971. The Moth of North America Fascicle 21, p. 100, pl. 9.5. (2)
J.P. Tuttle, 2007. Hawk Moths of North America, p. 136, pl. 4.4. (3)
Schaus, W. 1898. Notes on American Sphingidae. Part 2. Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, p. (136)
Internet References
Moth Photographer Group - MPG
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD
Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 21 Sphingidae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1971. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.The Hawk Moths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada.
James P Tuttle. 2007. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation Inc.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 May, 2011 - 3:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 October, 2014 - 2:12am

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