Darapsa myron
For other uses, see Myron (disambiguation).
| Virginia creeper sphinx moth | |
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| Darapsa myron, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Darapsa |
| Species: | D. myron |
| Binomial name | |
| Darapsa myron (Cramer, 1780)[1] | |
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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.


The caterpillars are known to feed on virginia creeper and grape.
Subspecies
- Darapsa myron myron
- Darapsa myron mexicana (Gehlen, 1933) (Mexico)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
External links
- Virginia creeper sphinx Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Darapsa myron Sphingidae of the Americas
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