Darapsa myron

Virginia creeper sphinx moth
Darapsa myron, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Darapsa
Species:	D. myron
Binomial name
Darapsa myron (Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx myron Cramer, 1779 Sphinx pampinatrix J.E. Smith, 1797 Otus cnotus Hübner, 1823 Ampeloeca myron isatis Debauche, 1934 Ampeloeca myron lutescens Clark, 1920 Ampeloeca myron texana Clark, 1920 Ampeloeca myron mexicana Gehlen, 1933

The Virginia creeper sphinx (Darapsa myron) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives from Maine south to south Florida; west to North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas. It also can be found in Mexico.

The caterpillars are known to feed on virginia creeper and grape.

Subspecies

• Darapsa myron myron
• Darapsa myron mexicana (Gehlen, 1933) (Mexico)

References

1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Darapsa/myron.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 

External links

• Virginia creeper sphinx Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Darapsa myron Sphingidae of the Americas
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