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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 » Hydrangea Sphinx - Hodges#7884 (Darapsa versicolor)

Species Darapsa versicolor - Hydrangea Sphinx - Hodges#7884

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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

Species versicolor (Hydrangea Sphinx - Hodges#7884)

Hodges Number

7884

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Darapsa versicolor (Harris)

Orig. Comb: Choerocampa versicolor Harris 1839

Size

Wingspan 5.8 - 8 cm

Identification

Forewing greenish brown, curved white patches. See Internet refernces.

Range

e. N. Amer. - Map - MPG

Habitat

Near wet areas with hostplants?

Season

mostly Jun-Aug - MPG

Food

Caterpillars: wild hydrangea, Hydrangea arborescens (aka smooth hydrangea, sevenbark); buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis; and water-willow, Decodon verticillatus.

Print References

Covell (1)

Harris, 1839. Descriptive catalogue of the North American insects belonging to the Linnean genus Sphinx in the cabinet of Thaddeus William Harris. The American journal of science and arts, 36(2): 282-320. (p.303)

Internet References

Moth Photographer's Group - MPG

Bill Oehlke

Sphingidae.US - Darapsa versicolor

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Cotinis on 29 July, 2004 - 7:00am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker, Kyhl Austin, teakh
Last updated 12 October, 2019 - 7:03pm

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