Cautethia carsusi Haxaire & Schmit, 2001

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 : 415-416

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1
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scientific name	Cautethia carsusi Haxaire & Schmit, 2001
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Cautethia carsusi Haxaire & Schmit, 2001 View in CoL ( Fig 7. E, F View FIGURE 7 )

General distribution. Endemic to Hispaniola.

Distribution in the DR. Pedernales, Cordillera Central and extreme east of the Island ( Fig 1. F View FIGURE 1 ).

Habitat: It is difficult to circumscribe the typical biotope of this insect as it has been found in the area of the beaches of Punta Cana, in the semi-desert areas of Pedernales and also in the dry forests at medium elevations in the same state. It can, however, be said that the species is distinctly xerophilic.

Host plants. Larval stages and host plants unknown.

Material examined.

Hodecek: Valle Nuevo National Park: 18°53'10"N 70°33'44"W, 650 m, 6/2023, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek.

Haxaire: 15 km north of Pedernales, Province Pedernales: 750 m, 25/05/2000, Holotype 1 ♂, U. V., leg. Pierre Schmit; Punta Cana Beach, at the hotel street lamps: March 1997, 1 ♀, leg. Jean Noël Carsus [coll. J.

Haxaire]; 15 km north of Pedernales, Province Pedernales: 750 m, 26/05/2000, 1 ♀, U. V., leg. Pierre Schmit [coll. P. Schmit, ref. P7279]; Vallee Yuna , Province Monseñor Nouel: 650 m, 1/06/2000, 1 ♂, U. V., leg. Pierre Schmit [coll. P. Schmit, ref. P7281] .