Hemaris diffinis (Boisduval)

Schmidt, B. Christian, 2018, Cryptic species among bumblebee mimics: an unrecognized Hemaris hawkmoth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in eastern North America, Zootaxa 4399 (1) : -

Hemaris diffinis (Boisduval)

Macroglossa [sic] diffinis Boisduval, 1836 : pl. 15, fig. 2.

TYPE lOCAlITY: “AmERIqUE SEPTENTRIONAlE” [ SOUTHEASTERN ATlANTIC SEAbOARd, POSSIblY GEORgIA, USA]. [ CMNH] THE PROVENANCE ANd IdENTITY Of THE diffinis TYPE mATERIAl WAS dISCUSSEd bY SCHmIdT (2009), ANd IdENTIfIES THE SOUTHEASTERN US PHENOTYPE WITH THE dARK dISTAl HAlf Of THE AbdOmEN AS NOmINATE diffinis . mTDNA bARCOdES ( VOUCHER # LEP 041279, APPENdIX A) ANd lARVAl PHENOTYPES INdICATE THAT SOUTHEASTERN US POPUlATIONS ARE CONSPECIfIC WITH OTHER diffinis POPUlATIONS.