Eumorpha strenua

Eumorpha strenua
Eumorpha strenua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Eumorpha
Species: E. strenua
Binomial name
Eumorpha strenua
(Menetries, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa strenua Ménétriés, 1857
  • Dupo domingonis Rothschild, 1894

Eumorpha strenua is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.[2]

The wingspan is about 105 mm. It is similar to Eumorpha satellitia posticatus and Eumorpha mirificatus, differing from the former in the conspicuously highlighted veins on the forewing upperside, and from the latter by the broader oblique apical stripe and dorsal abdominal stripe and the lack of any pinkish tone to the median area of the hindwing upperside.

Adults have been recorded from May to June.

The larvae feed on Vitaceae species.

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