Classification > Family
Sphingidae
> Subfamily
Macroglossinae
> Tribe
Dilophonotini
> Subtribe
Philampelina
> Genus
Eumorpha
Eumorpha vitis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- La Rioja
- Misiones
- Salta
- Santa Fe
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
Other distribution
- Eumorpha vitis fuscatus = Pholus vitis fuscatus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Eumorpha vitis hesperidum = Pholus vitis hesperidum (Kirby, 1880)
- Eumorpha (vitis) pallida Closs, 1917
- Philampelus hornbeckiana Harris, 1839
- Philampelus linnei Grote & Robinson, 1865
- Sphinx vitis Linnaeus, 1758
It is similar to Eumorpha fasciatus, which differs by the ochre coloration of the margin of the hind wings.
Caterpillar host plants: Onagraceae, Vitaceae.
- BENTANCUR-VIGLIONE MG. 2010. Lista de Sphingidae del Uruguay (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 38: 305-309.
- MORÉ M, KITCHING IJ, COCUCCI AA. 2014. Lepidoptera: Sphingidae. In: Roig-Junent S, Claps LE, Morrone JJ, eds. Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos. Tucumán, Argentina: Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, cap. 4, pp 281–295.
- 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].
