Eumorpha vitis

Distribution: southern USA to Paraguay; Antilles.
Type locality: 'America'.
Synonyms: Philampelus hornbeckiana Harris 1839; Philampelus linnei Grote & Robinson 1865; Pholus fuscatus Rothschild & Jordan 1906 .
E. Caribbean records: St. Lucia; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Martin; St. Bart's; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Barbados; Grenada.
Grenadines records: Bequia (E.U. Exp.).
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by d'Abrera (1986) p. 123.
Notes: the subspecies from the Lesser Antilles is the subspecies fuscatus.

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