Species info
Classification > Family Sphingidae > Subfamily Macroglossinae > Tribe Dilophonotini > Subtribe Philampelina > Genus Eumorpha 
Eumorpha megaeacus (Hübner, [1819])
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
 
Synonyms
  • Daphnis megaeacus Hübner, 1819
  • Sphinx eacus Cramer, 1780
Observations
It differs from Eumorpha analis by lacking the medial maculae on the forewings and by not having bluish-gray and red coloration on the hind wings.
Host plants
Caterpillar host plants: Onagraceae.
Links
References
  • NUÑEZ-BUSTOS E. 2015. Catálogo revisado y actualizado de Sphingidae de Argentina, con seis nuevos registros (Lepidoptera; Sphingidae). SHILAP Revta. Lepid., 43: 615-631
  • HAXAIRE J, MIELKE CGC. 2020. A revised and annotated checklist of the Brazilian Sphingidae with new records, taxonomical notes, and a description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 11(3–4): 101–187
  • AGUADO JA, PENCO CF, NÚÑEZ BUSTOS E. 2021. Lepidoptera Argentina. Catálogo ilustrado y comentado de las mariposas de Argentina. Parte XV: Sphingidae
  • KITCHING IJ. 2021. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/, [3 March 2021].
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