Aellopos blaini Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

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 : 419

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17325725
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scientific name	Aellopos blaini Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
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Aellopos blaini Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 View in CoL ( Fig 6. A, C View FIGURE 6 )

General distribution. Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.

Distribution in the DR. Known only from two specimens from Barahona and Pedernales ( Fig 2. C View FIGURE 2 ).

Habitat. It is probably a species of semi-desert dry environments, although it is difficult to generalize as only two specimens are known from the island.

Host plants. Larval stages and host plants unknown.

Material examined.

Haxaire: Pedernales, Cabo Rojo, Alcoa: 6 m, 4/2000, 1 ♂, leg. R. E. Woodruff and T. J. Henry .