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Sphingidae 890142 – 7822.1   Smerinthus ophthalmica Boisduval, 1855

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Distribution: Pacific Northwest south to southern CA. Type locality (ophthalmica): California. Type locality (nigrescens): Mission, San Jose, CA. Type locality (vancouveriensis): Vancouver Island, BC. Similar Species: Smerinthus cerisyi is mostly absent in western US. The blue ring within the hindwing eyespot tends to be solid, not broken into two arc as is often found in ophthalmica. The forewing tends to have outer margin more deeply scalloped; outer margin of apical white mark more deeply notched; pm. line more jagged, composed of a series of wedge shaped dashes between the veins. In ophthalmica the pm. line tends to forms two smooth outwardly convex arcs with dashes straighter. Intermediate examples exist. Best separated by DNA barcode. Smerinthus saliceti is separated by DNA barcode. The status of saliceti north of Mexico is unclear. Smerinthus astarte is found east of west coast states with apparently no overlap. Best separated by DNA barcode. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Smerinthus ophthalmica Boisduval, 1855 • Smerinthus nigrescens Clark, 1919 • Smerinthus pallidulus Edwards, 1875 • Smerinthus vancouveriensis Butler, 1877 Taxonomic Notes: Smerinthus ophthalmica Boisduval, 1855, formerly a synonym of 7822 Smerinthus cerisyi, is raised to full species status in Pohl et al. (2010), ZooKeys, 38: 388.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA1636 Boisduval, J.B., 1875. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 3: 32. Kitching, I.J., 2019. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, species page Pohl, G.R., G.G. Anweiler, B.C. Schmidt, & N.G. Kondla, 2010. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys, 38: 1-549. Species Page at Bill Oehlke's moth website - Smerinthus ophthalmica Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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