Published October 6, 2025
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Eumorpha vitis subsp. vitis
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
Eumorpha vitis vitis (Linnaeus, 1758)
General distribution. South USA to Argentina including the West Indies.
Distribution in the DR. Widespread throughout the country.
Habitat. The species is more restricted to forested environments than the previous. It flies at the same elevations, from 0 to 1700 m.
Host plants. Vitaceae, genus Cissus and Ampelopsis.
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 pages 420-421, 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
- Eumorpha
- Species
- vitis
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eumorpha vitis subsp. vitis (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Hodecek & Haxaire, 2025