Eumorpha strenua (Ménétriés, 1857)

Hodecek, Jiri & Haxaire, Jean, 2025, A revised and annotated checklist of the hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of the Dominican Republic, with new records and distribution maps of chosen species, Zootaxa 5701 (4), pp. 401-427 : 421

Eumorpha strenua (Ménétriés, 1857) ( Fig 4. E )

General distribution. Endemic to Hispaniola.

Distribution in the DR. La Altagracia, Barahona, Cordillera Central, Pedernales ( Fig 1. C ).

Habitat. Elevation: 0–1630 m asl. This beautiful species flies in heavily wooded and generally cool and humid biotopes in the Cordillera Central, at low and medium elevations ( Fig 9. B, E ).

Host plants. Larval stages and host plants unknown.

Material examined.

Hodecek: Paraiso, Barahona: 17°59'57"N 71°09'42"W, 99 m, 7/2021, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Valle Nuevo National Park : 18°53'00"N 70°33'56.5"W, 660 m, 7/2021, 2 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Punta Cana : 18°36'25"N 68°21'05"W, 4 m, 6/2023, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Constanza , La Vega: 18°59'41"N 70°50'11"W, 1630 m, 5/2024, 1 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; El Bambu : 18°14'39"N 71°45'02"W, 1350 m, 5/2024, 3 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Jaragua National Park : 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 5/2024, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Pedernales province: 18°06'24"N 71°37'12"W, 700 m, 5/2024, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek.

Haxaire: Monseñor Nouel, Route from Cotui to Piedra Blanca , Maimón : 18°53'11"N 70°17'55"W, 151 m, 9/08/2007, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, leg. Jean Haxaire & Odile Paquit; Hydroelectric Plant Hoyo de Piño, Monseñor Noel (Bonao): 18°52'59"N 70°29'55"W, 399 m, 13/04/2016, 3 ♀, leg. Jean Haxaire.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distributions of selected species of Sphingidae in the Dominican Republic.

FIGURE 4. Photographs of some of the hawkmoths recorded from the Dominican Republic:A) Lintneria tricolor, B) Callionima calliomenae,C)Cautethianoctuiformis,D) Pachyliasyces insularis,E)Eumorphastrenua,F)Xylophanesrhodocera. Photographs by Jiri Hodecek (B, E), Jean Haxaire (A, C, F) and josstory (D, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19799563).

FIGURE 9. Collecting sites of Sphingidae in the Dominican Republic: A) Pedernales grassland—10 m a.s.l. (typical habitat of Manduca caribbeus, Nannoparce poeyi, Xylophanes clarki), B) NP Jaragua—123 m a.s.l. (Manduca caribbeus, Nannoparce poeyi, Eumorpha strenua), C) Road in Oviedo—90 m a.s.l. (Manduca carribeus, Nannoparce poeyi), D) Cabo Rojo—108 m a.s.l. (Aellopos blaini, Manduca caribbeus), E) Constanza, Piste de Tireo Abajo à Sonador—1561 m a.s.l. (Lintneria tricolor, Manduca johanni, Eumorpha strenua), F) Scientific reservation Ebano Verde—1170 m a.s.l. (Perigonia glaucescens, Manduca johanni), G) Type locality of Cautethia insolita and Perigonia desotoi in La Vega province—1830 m a.s.l., H) The light trap in Paraiso by Jiri Hodecek and Jiri Pirkl 2021. Photo by Jean Haxaire (A, C, D, E, G) and Jiri Hodecek (B, F, H).