''Darapsa'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Species

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Darapsa choerilus ''Darapsa choerilus'', the azalea sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in the United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. The wingspan is 57–75 mm. The larv ...

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Darapsa myron ''Darapsa myron'', the Virginia creeper sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae found in central and eastern North America. Distribution It is found in southern Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and in the United States is found from Maine s ...

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Darapsa versicolor ''Darapsa versicolor'', the hydrangea sphinx, is a moth species of the family Sphingidae that inhabits eastern North America, often in wetlands. It was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839. Its wingspan can reach 58 to 80 mm, ...

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References

Macroglossini Moth genera Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Macroglossini-stub