Darapsa

Darapsa Walker, 1856

Darapsa Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 182; TS: Sphinx choerilus Cramer
Otus Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 142 (preocc.)
Ampeloeca Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 522; TS: Choerocampa versicolor Harris

Ampeloeca; [NHM-BMW]
Darapsa; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Darapsa (Macroglossina); [HMW], 18
Darapsa (Macroglossinae); [MABL]

Darapsa choerilus (Cramer, [1779])

NA. See [maps] Azalea Sphinx

Sphinx choerilus Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 91
Sphinx choerilus Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 174 (index), (17-21): pl. 247, f. A; TL: Virginia
Sphinx pholus Cramer, [1776]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (8): 154 (index), pl. 87, f. B (preocc.); TL: West Indies [Erroneous locality]
Sphinx azaleae Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 53, pl. 27; TL: Georgia
Sphinx chlorinda Martyn, 1797; Psyche: pl. 25, f. 66-67
Sphinx chlorinda Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19): 545
flavescens Closs, 1911
Darapsa pholus brodiei Clark, 1929; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 11: 21; TL: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Darapsa choerilus; [MNA21]; [HMW]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [PNWM] ; [GALEPS]
Darapsa pholus;

1280x960 (~180Kb) CANADA: Nova Scotia, Waverley, 12.7.2004, Photo © Peter Payzant

Darapsa myron (Cramer, [1779])

ENA, Texas. See [maps] Hog Caterpillar Virginia-creeper Sphinx Grape-vine Sphinx

Sphinx myron Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 91; TL: Virginia
Sphinx myron Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 175 (index), (17-21): pl. 247, f. C; TL: Virginia
Sphinx pampinatrix Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 55, pl. 28; TL: Georgia
Otus cnotus Hübner, [1823]; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: 23, f. 321-322; TL: Savannah, Georgia
Ampeloeca myron ab. lutescens Clark, 1920; Proc. New England Zool. Club 7: 72; TL: New York
Ampeloeca myron texana Clark, 1920; Proc. New England Zool. Club 7: 72; TL: Shovel Mt., Texas; Jemez Springs, New Mexico
isatis (Debauche, 1934)

Darapsa myron texana; [LepIndex]
Darapsa myron; [HMW]; [MNA21]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]

D. m. myron Mexico, ...?

Darapsa myron myron; [MABL]; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]

D. m. mexicana (Gehlen, 1933) Mexico, ...?

Darapsa myron mexicana; [HMW]; [MABL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Darapsa versicolor (Harris, 1839)

NA. See [maps] Hydrangea Sphinx

Choerocampa versicolor Harris, 1839; Amer. J. Sci. Arts, 36 (2): 303; TL: Massachusetts?
Ampeloeca versicolor ab. lutescens Clark, 1920; Proc. New England Zool. Club 7: 71; TL: Long Island, New York

Darapsa versicolor; [MNA21]; [HMW]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MABL] Manuel A. Balcázar Lara
Palomillas de México
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[PNWM]
Pacific Northwest Moths
[Peter Payzant]
Canada; http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/profile
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Butler, 1876
Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19) : 511-644, pl. 90-94
Clark, 1920
Sixteen new Sphingidae Proc. New England Zool. Club 7 : 65-78
Clark, 1929
Sundry notes on Sphingidae, descriptions of sixteen new forms and of one new genus Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 11: 7-24
Cramer, [1776]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)
Cramer, [1779]; Cramer, [1780]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)
Harris, 1839
Descriptive catalogue of the North American insects belonging to the Linnean genus Sphinx in the cabinet of Thaddeus William Harris Amer. J. Sci. Arts, 36 (2) : 282-320
[MNA21]; Hodges, 1971
SPHINGOIDEA Moths America N of Mexico 21
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Hübner, [1823]
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 2 [1819-] 1823 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (1823), : pl. [36-38], f. 201-218 (1819), : pl. [39-66], f. 219-382 (1819 - 1821), : pl. [67-69], f. 383-400 (1821 - 1822)
[HMW]; Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Hawkmoths of the World
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
Martyn, 1797
Figures of non-descript lepidopterous insects, or rare moths and butterflies from different parts of the world Psyche: [32 pls]
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 1-813, : 815-972, pl. 1-67
Walker, 1856
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

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