Nannoparce poeyi poeyi (Grote, 1865)

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 : 409

Nannoparce poeyi poeyi (Grote, 1865) ( Fig 3. C )

General distribution. Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

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

Habitat. 0–1400 m asl. An insect of highly xeric, semi-desert environments ( Fig 9. A, B, C ).

Host plants. Larval stages and host plants unknown.

Material examined.

Hodecek: Jaragua National Park: 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 7/2021, 4 ♂ 1 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Jaragua National Park : 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 6/2023, 7 ♂ 4 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Paraiso , Barahona: 17°59'56"N 71°09'44"W, 99 m, 6/2023, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Sierra de Bahoruco National Park : 18°08'15"N 71°32'38"W, 1400 m, 6/2023, 1 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Jaragua National Park : 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 5/2024, 75 ♂ 65 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; La Romana caves: 18°22'22"N 68°48'48"W, 5 m, 5/2024, 2 ♂ 1 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek.

Haxaire: Pedernales, Oviedo : 20 m, 10/05/1999, 2 ♂ 1 ♀, leg. Pierre Schmit; Pedernales, Road Oviedo-Pedernales km 17, Jaragua National Park : 11/05/2004, 1 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. Jérôme Barbut [ CJHL].

Figures

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

FIGURE 3. Photographs of some of the hawkmoths recorded from the Dominican Republic: A) Manduca caribbeus, B) Manduca johanni, C) Nannoparce poeyi, D) Manduca brontes haitiensis, E) Erinnyis guttularis, F) Isognathus rimosus molitor. Photographs by Jiri Hodecek (A, C, D) and Jean Haxaire (B, E, F).

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).