Type(s) New York [coll. E. de Marre]. The type locality is erroneous (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 399; see also Darapsa choerilus).
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Unzela by Clemens, 1859, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 4: 134 (although queried (as ‡japyx) as a member of Unzela by Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 162). Erroneously synonymized with Aleuron chlopterum [sic] (Perty) by Burmeister, 1878, Atlas Descr. physique République Argentine 5 (Lépid.) (2): 29. Reinstated as a species by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 641. Included by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 399, in Enyo. Returned to Unzela by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 104. Included in Enyo by Racheli & Racheli, 1994, Atalanta 25: 263. Returned to Unzela by Haxaire & Herbin, 1999, Rev. Assoc. rouss. Ent. 8: 71.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
