Virginia Creeper Sphinx Moth

Darapsa myron

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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.

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For other uses, see Myron (disambiguation).

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.

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

Subspecies[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 

Sources and Credits

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  2. (c) Bob Patterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files1/Live/BP/BP7885.jpg
  3. (c) Jim Vargo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files1/JV/300/JV7885-60.jpg
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  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darapsa_myron
  8. (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/30153782

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