Pachylia syces subsp. insularis Rothschild & Jordan 1903
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 syces insularis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 NEW RECORD (Fig 4. D)
General distribution. Jamaica and Hispaniola.
Distribution in the DR. Santo Domingo (including Distrito Nacional), San Cristobal, Santiago, San Pedros de Macoris, La Altagracia (Fig 1. E).
Habitat. Mostly coastal areas of the DR. A rarely observed insect, which is probably related to its lucifuge character. It is much easier to observe foraging at flowers at dusk than at UV lamps.
Host plants. Moraceae.
Remarks. This is a new record for the country reported here for the first time based on 15 observations (confirmed by the first author) on iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6931&taxon_id=257314). The species has the same forewing upperside pattern as Pachylia syces insularis from Jamaica (Fig 4. D).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Rothschild & Jordan
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Pachylia
- Species
- insularis
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pachylia syces subsp. insularis Rothschild, 1903 sec. Hodecek & Haxaire, 2025