Erinnyis domingonis male courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878 Genus: Erinnyis Hubner, [1819] ........... Species: domingonis Butler, 1875

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Dominican Sphinx, Erinnyis domingonis (Wing span: 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 inches (6.0 - 6.5cm)), flies in Haiti and Jamaica south to Venezuela with occasional sightings in Texas and Arizona and strays as far north as Nebraska.

Haiti is the specimen type locality.

Kitching and Cadiou, 2000, indicate E. domingonis might be a synonym of E. obscura. If they are distinct species, E. domingonis probably has the more limited range indicated above, and it might only be in Venezuela and the Caribbean.

E. obscura would have a much greater range, and the images on this page from Costa Rica, may in fact be E. obscura.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Erinnyis domingonis broods continuously in the tropics.

Adults nectar at flowers.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in loose cocoons spun among surface litter.

Erinnyis domingonis female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larval hosts are unknown.

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