Hemaris diffinis (Boisduval, 1836)

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Nomenclature

Tribe: Hemarini

Genus: Hemaris

Species:

Hemaris diffinis (Boisduval, 1836)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Histoire naturelle des insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères. 1. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides atlas, pl. 15, fig. 2

Type data:

TYPE(S) “Amerique septentrionale” [United States: southeastern Atlantic seaboard, possibly Georgia] [CMNH].

Taxonomic Notes:

Transferred to Hemaris by Grote, 1874, Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1: 5.

Nomenclature notes:

This name is also applicable to the summer form of this species in which the border of the forewing is slightly dentate or at least crenulated.

Synonyms: 8

Media

Hemaris diffinis, male, upperside. United States, New York

Hemaris diffinis, male, upperside. United States, New York

Hemaris diffinis, male, underside. United States, New York

Hemaris diffinis, male, underside. United States, New York

Hemaris diffinis, female, upperside. United States, Illinois, Quincy

Hemaris diffinis, female, upperside. United States, Illinois, Quincy

Hemaris diffinis, female, underside. United States, Illinois, Quincy

Hemaris diffinis, female, underside. United States, Illinois, Quincy

Distribution