Perigonia desotoi Haxaire, 2016

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 : 418

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5388A786-1E10-47A3-9ED3-FB8E19ED3855
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17325711
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF1187EC-FFC3-1416-7788-54B5AC0BF99F
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scientific name	Perigonia desotoi Haxaire, 2016
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Perigonia desotoi Haxaire, 2016 ( Fig 7. C View FIGURE 7 )

General distribution. Endemic to Hispaniola.

Distribution in the DR. Known only from one locality in the Cordillera Central ( Fig 2. B View FIGURE 2 ).

Habitat. The species flies in the lush, cool, high-rainfall forests at high elevations in the Cordillera Central ( Fig 9. G View FIGURE 9 ).

Host plants. Its larval and host plant stages are unknown, although it also probably feeds on Rubiaceae .

Material examined.

Haxaire: La Vega, trail from El Escucharo to Constanza , approx. 9 km north of Constanza : 18°59'06.16"N 70°48'24.48"W, 1820 m, 15–16/04/2016, Holotype and Paratype 2 ♂, UV, leg. Jean Haxaire & Carlos De Soto Molinari [ CJHL] GoogleMaps .