Published October 6, 2025
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Pachylia ficus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy, University Centre of Legal Medicine, CH- 1000, Lausanne, Switzerland & Museum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Palais de Rumine, Place de la Riponne 6, CH- 1014, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2. Sphingidae Museum of Czech Republic (SMCR), 261 01 Příbram, Czech Republic & " Le Roc " F. 47310 Laplume, France
Description
Pachylia ficus (Linnaeus,1758)
General distribution. South USA to Argentina including the West Indies.
Distribution in the DR. Widespread throughout the country.
Habitat. This species is common throughout the island, up to 2000 m. It is present in all environments, from desert areas to deep forests with high rainfall at high elevations.
Host plants. Moraceae.
Notes
Published as part of Hodecek, Jiri & Haxaire, Jean, 2025, A revised and annotated checklist of the hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of the Dominican Republic, with new records and distribution maps of chosen species, pp. 401-427 in Zootaxa 5701 (4) on page 412, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17326170
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Pachylia
- Species
- ficus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pachylia ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Hodecek & Haxaire, 2025