''Eumorpha'' (meaning "well formed") is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly 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, but species ar ...
. The genus is mostly found in North and South America.
Species
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Eumorpha achemon
''Eumorpha achemon'', the Achemon sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
Distribution
It is native to North America, where it is known from most of the United States, southern Canada, ...
''
(Drury Drury may refer to:
Places
* Drury, New Zealand, a town
* Drury, a village near Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
* Drury, Kansas, United States, an unincorporated community
* Drury, a village in Florida, Massachusetts, United States
* Drury, Missouri, ...
, 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 "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1903)
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Eumorpha analis
''Eumorpha analis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is known from Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay,Uruguay and Brazil.
Description
The upperside of the body and wings is similar to '' Eumorpha satellitia satellitia'' but th ...
''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha anchemolus
''Eumorpha anchemolus'', the anchemola sphinx moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.
Distribution
It is found from Argentina through Central America and into the US state of Texas.
...
''
(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)
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Eumorpha capronnieri''
( Boisduval, 1875)
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Eumorpha cissi
''Eumorpha cissi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from Venezuela south to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and north-western Argentina.
Description
It is similar to ''Eumorpha anchemolus
''Eumorpha anchemolus'', the ...
''
(Schaufuss, 1870)
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Eumorpha drucei''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha elisa''
(Smyth, 1901)
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Eumorpha fasciatus
''Eumorpha fasciatus'', the banded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was Species description, first described by Johann Heinrich Sulzer in 1776.
Distribution
It is found from northern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Urugua ...
''
( Sulzer, 1776)
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Eumorpha intermedia
''Eumorpha intermedia'', the intermediate sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1917. It lives in the US states of North Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and southern ...
''
(Clark, 1917)
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Eumorpha labruscae
''Eumorpha labruscae'', the gaudy sphinx, is a moth in the family Sphingidae.
Description
Wingspan of – inches (11–12 cm). Its body and dorsal forewings are a deep green color. The dorsal hindwings have purple-blue patches, yellow bo ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 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'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*''
Eumorpha megaeacus
''Eumorpha megaeacus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found throughout most of Central America and South America, from Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, southern Brazil and Bolivia to Nicaragua, Costa Rica a ...
''
( Hübner, 1816)
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Eumorpha mirificatus''
( Grote, 1874)
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Eumorpha neuburgeri''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha obliquus
''Eumorpha obliquus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica south to Bolivia. It is also present in Brazil and Guadeloupe.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an ...
''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha pandorus
''Eumorpha pandorus'', the Pandora sphinx moth or Pandorus sphinx moth, is a North American moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Description
The pandora sphinx moth has a wingspan of . Its w ...
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( Hübner, 1821)
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Eumorpha phorbas
''Eumorpha phorbas'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is known from Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize and Mexico.
Description
The wingspan is 112–116 mm. It is similar t ...
''
(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
''Eumorpha satellitia'', the satellite sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The family was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It lives from Brazil and northern Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1771)
*''
Eumorpha strenua''
(Menetries, 1857)
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Eumorpha translineatus''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
, 1895)
*''
Eumorpha triangulum
''Eumorpha triangulum'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found throughout Latin America; namely Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and possibly ...
''
(Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1903)
*''
Eumorpha typhon''
( Klug, 1836)
*''
Eumorpha vitis''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 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'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
Species gallery
Eumorpha achemon MHNT CUT 2010 0 392, New Jersey, Newark, USA, male dorsal.jpg, ''Eumorpha achemon
''Eumorpha achemon'', the Achemon sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
Distribution
It is native to North America, where it is known from most of the United States, southern Canada, ...
''
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 analis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is known from Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay,Uruguay and Brazil.
Description
The upperside of the body and wings is similar to '' Eumorpha satellitia satellitia'' but th ...
''
Eumorpha anchemolus MHNT CUT 2010 0 223 La Palma, Cundinamarca male dorsal.jpg, ''Eumorpha anchemolus
''Eumorpha anchemolus'', the anchemola sphinx moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.
Distribution
It is found from Argentina through Central America and into the US state of Texas.
...
''
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 cissi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from Venezuela south to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and north-western Argentina.
Description
It is similar to ''Eumorpha anchemolus
''Eumorpha anchemolus'', the ...
''
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 intermedia'', the intermediate sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1917. It lives in the US states of North Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and southern ...
''
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 megaeacus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found throughout most of Central America and South America, from Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, southern Brazil and Bolivia to Nicaragua, Costa Rica a ...
''
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 obliquus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica south to Bolivia. It is also present in Brazil and Guadeloupe.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an ...
''
Eumorpha pandorus MHNT CUT 2010 0 392 Edgard, Louisiana, USA, male dorsal.jpg, ''Eumorpha pandorus
''Eumorpha pandorus'', the Pandora sphinx moth or Pandorus sphinx moth, is a North American moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Description
The pandora sphinx moth has a wingspan of . Its w ...
''
Eumorpha phorbas MHNT CUT 2010 0 400 Guatopo Venezuela male dorsal.jpg, ''Eumorpha phorbas
''Eumorpha phorbas'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is known from Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize and Mexico.
Description
The wingspan is 112–116 mm. It is similar t ...
''
Eumorpha satellitia satellita MHNT CUT 2010 0 8 Edgard, Louisiana dorsal.jpg, ''Eumorpha satellitia
''Eumorpha satellitia'', the satellite sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The family was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It lives from Brazil and northern Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to ...
''
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 triangulum'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found throughout Latin America; namely Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and possibly ...
''
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
{{Philampelini-stub