Guadeloupe, Piton de Ste-Rose, 23-V-85

Eumorpha vitis (Linnaeus 1758)

ssp. fuscatus (Rothschild & Jordan 1906)

Biology and distribution

Larva on Vitaceae (Vitis spp., Cissus spp.).

Common everywhere in Guadeloupe, and Martinique.
Marie-Galante, St-Bartholomew (Pinchon, Chalumeau, Delplanque), Les Saintes: Terre-de-Bas, St-Martin.

Jamaica: E. vitis hesperidum (Kirby 1880).

From southern United States to Argentina: E. vitis vitis (L. 1758).

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Similar species

Eumorpha fasciata
Hyles lineata

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