Phryxus caicus ( Cramer, 1777)

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 : 412

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17325639
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scientific name	Phryxus caicus ( Cramer, 1777)
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Phryxus caicus ( Cramer, 1777) View in CoL

General distribution. Florida to Argentina including the West Indies.

Distribution in the DR. Pedernales ( Fig 1. E View FIGURE 1 ).

Habitat. The species is not common in DR, the few known specimens were collected in the sparsely wooded coastal area of the south of the island.

Host plants. Apocynaceae .

Material examined.

Haxaire: Monseñor Nouel, Route from Cotui to Piedra Blanca , Maimón : 18°53'11"N 70°17'55"W, 151 m, 9/08/2007, 1 ♂, leg. Jean Haxaire & Odile Paquit. GoogleMaps