''Eumorpha'' (meaning "well formed") 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 w ...
s in the family
Sphingidae. The genus is mostly found in North and South America.
Species
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Eumorpha achemon''
( Drury, 1773)
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Eumorpha adamsi''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha analis''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha anchemolus''
(Cramer Cramer may refer to:
Businesses
* Cramer brothers, 18th century publishers
* Cramer Systems, a software company
* Cramer & Co., a former musical-related business in London
Other uses
* Cramer (surname), including a list of people and fictional ...
, 1779)
*''
Eumorpha capronnieri''
(Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...
, 1875)
*''
Eumorpha cissi''
(Schaufuss, 1870)
*''
Eumorpha drucei''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha elisa''
(Smyth, 1901)
*''
Eumorpha fasciatus''
( Sulzer, 1776)
*''
Eumorpha intermedia''
(Clark, 1917)
*''
Eumorpha labruscae''
( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''
Eumorpha megaeacus''
(Hübner __NOTOC__
Hübner is a Germanic surname, sometimes spelled Huebner or Hubner.
The name means an agricultural worker, a farmer, possibly and specifically one who worked a "hube", which was a piece of land roughly equivalent to the English measuremen ...
, 1816)
*''
Eumorpha mirificatus''
( Grote, 1874)
*''
Eumorpha neuburgeri''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha obliquus''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha pandorus''
(Hübner __NOTOC__
Hübner is a Germanic surname, sometimes spelled Huebner or Hubner.
The name means an agricultural worker, a farmer, possibly and specifically one who worked a "hube", which was a piece of land roughly equivalent to the English measuremen ...
, 1821)
*''
Eumorpha phorbas''
(Cramer Cramer may refer to:
Businesses
* Cramer brothers, 18th century publishers
* Cramer Systems, a software company
* Cramer & Co., a former musical-related business in London
Other uses
* Cramer (surname), including a list of people and fictional ...
, 1775)
*''
Eumorpha satellitia''
( Linnaeus, 1771)
*''
Eumorpha strenua''
(Menetries, 1857)
*''
Eumorpha translineatus''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
, 1895)
*''
Eumorpha triangulum''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha typhon''
( Klug, 1836)
*''
Eumorpha vitis''
( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
Species gallery
Eumorpha achemon MHNT CUT 2010 0 392, New Jersey, Newark, USA, male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha achemon''
Eumorpha adamsi MHNT CUT 2010 0 261 Estrada Vianopolis-Luziana - Goiás Brazil male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha adamsi''
Eumorpha analis MHNT CUT 2010 0 8 Santa Catarina dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha analis''
Eumorpha anchemolus MHNT CUT 2010 0 223 La Palma, Cundinamarca male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha anchemolus''
Eumorpha capronnieri MHNT CUT 2010 0 251 El Dorado Venezuela male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha capronnieri''
Eumorpha cissi MHNT CUT 2010 0 272 San Domingo Peru male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha cissi''
Eumorpha drucei MHNT CUT 2010 0 202 - Jipijapa, Manabi, Ecuador - male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha drucei''
Eumorpha elisa MHNT CUT 2010 0 261 Oaxaca Mexique male dorsal.jpg , '' Eumorpha elisa''
Eumorpha fasciata fasciata MHNT CUT 2010 0 251 Corupá Santa Catarina Brazil male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha fasciata''
Eumorpha intermedia sjh.JPG, '' Eumorpha intermedia''
Eumorpha labruscae MHNT CUT 2010 0 386 Mocambinho Jaiba Minas Gerais Brazil male dorsal.jpg, ''Eumorpha labruscae''
Eumorpha megaeacus MHNT CUT 2010 0 201 Caneca Fina, Rio Sucavao, Mun. Mage, Guapi-mirim, Estado do Rio, Brazil, male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha megaeacus''
Eumorpha neuburgeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 202 Villa Nougués Tucumán Argentina male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha neuburgeri''
Eumorpha obliquus MHNT CUT 2010 0 55 Guadeloupe male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha obliquus''
Eumorpha pandorus MHNT CUT 2010 0 392 Edgard, Louisiana, USA, male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha pandorus''
Eumorpha phorbas MHNT CUT 2010 0 400 Guatopo Venezuela male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha phorbas''
Eumorpha satellitia satellita MHNT CUT 2010 0 8 Edgard, Louisiana dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha satellitia''
Eumorpha translineatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 202 Serra do Mar, Santa Catarina, Brazil female dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha translineatus''
Eumorpha triangulum MHNT CUT 2010 0 268 Alto Palmar Chapare Bolivia male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha triangulum''
Eumorpha typhon MHNT CUT 2010 0 246 Atotonilco Vera Cruz Mexico male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha typhon''
Eumorpha vitis vitis MHNT CUT 2010 0 336 Tingo Maria Peru male dorsal.jpg, '' Eumorpha vitis''
References
External links
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Sphingidae genera
Moths of North America
Moths of South America
Moths of Central America
Moths of the Caribbean
Philampelini
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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