Darapsa myron, the Virginia Creeper Sphinx

Darapsa myron
dagh-RAP-suhmmMY-ron
(Cramer, 1779) Sphinx
The Virginia Creeper Sphinx

Darapsa myron, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts,
June 14, 2008, courtesy of Dave Small.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Macroglossini, Harris, 1839
Genus: Darapsa Walker, 1856
Species: myron (Cramer, 1780)........

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