Eichlinia cucurbitae ( Harris, 1828 ) Gorbunov, 2020

Gorbunov, O. G., 2020, Establishment of Eichlinia gen. n. for the Western hemisphere Melittiini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), with a catalogue of the genus, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (3), pp. 276-284 : 281

Eichlinia cucurbitae ( Harris, 1828) , comb.n.

“ Aegeria Cucurbitae. ” — Harris, 1828: 33. Type locality: not stated [ USA]. Holotype ♀ ( MCZC).

= “ Melittia Satyriniformis. ” — Hübner, 1831 [“1825”]: 17, figs 453, 454. Type locality: “… das Vaterland … Georgien ist.” [= USA: Georgia] . Type material: lost.

= “ Trochilium ceto . Westw.” — Westwood, 1848: 62, pl. 30, fig. 6. Type locality: “ North America ”. Holotype ♀ ( BMNH).

= “ Melittia Amoena. n. sp. ” — Edwards, 1882: 53. Type locality: “ Douglas Co., Kansas, 900 feet, …” [= USA: Kansas, Douglas County ] . Type material: lost.

Aegeria cucurbitae — Engelhardt, 1946: 182; Duckworth, Eichlin, 1973a: 9.

Melittia amoena — Beutenmüller, 1896: 113; Duckworth, Eichlin, 1973a: 3.

Melittia cucurbitae — Beutenmüller, 1896: 113; Dalla Torre, Strand, 1925: 140; Zukowsky, 1936: 1248, pl. 179, row b; McDunnough, 1939: 86; Engelhardt, 1946: 182, 183, 216, pl. 3, fig. 23; pl. 12, fig. 54, 54a; pl. 16, fig. 84; Howe, 1950: 480, 483; Howe, Rhodes, 1973: 266; Heppner, Duckworth, 1981: 26; Eichlin, Duckworth, 1988: 52, text-figs 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 13b, pl. 2, fig. 4; Klun et al., 1990: 64; Brown, Mizel, 1993: 6, 8, 16, pl. 2, figs 12a–b; Becker, Eichlin, 1984: 13, 14; Friedlander, 1986: 283; Eichlin, 1995: 48; Pühringer, Kallies, 2004: 17; Jackson et al., 2005: 27; Canhilal et al., 2006: 1; Capinera, 2008: 3533; Krinski, 2015: 1; Pohl et al., 2016: 206; Middleton, 2018: 1; Moreira et al., 2019: 42, 43.

Melittia satyriniformis — Druce, 1883: 32; Druce, 1896: 324; Beutenmüller, 1899: 149; Beutenmüller, 1901: 228, 229, 232, fig. 8, pl. 29, fig. 1; Dyar, 1902: 364; Walsingham, 1913: 192; Dalla Torre, Strand, 1925: 148; Zukowsky, 1936: 1249, pl. 179, row b; McDunnough, 1939: 86; Duckworth, Eichlin, 1977: 52; Solomon, Dix, 1979: 16; Becker, Eichlin, 1984: 13, 14.

Melittia ceto — Walker, 1856: 66; Druce, 1883: 32; Engelhardt, 1946: 182.

Trochilium ceto — Engelhardt, 1946: 182; Duckworth, Eichlin, 1973a: 7.

HOST PLANT. Cucurbita andreana Naudin , C. argyrosperma K. Koch , C. ecuadorensis Cutler et Whitaker , C. ficifolia Bouché , C. maxima Dochesne , C. moschata Dochesne , C. okeechobeensis (Small) L.H. Bailey , C. pepo L., Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. et A. Gray ( Cucurbitaceae ).

DISTRIBUTION. Canada: Ontario ; USA: Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Maine, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida ; Mexico: Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco , Mexico, Veracruz, Guerrero, Yucatan ; Guatemala: Baja Verapaz ; Panama: Chiriqui; Colombia; Venezuela; Peru ; Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, São Paulo ; Argentina: Buenos Aires .