Hemaris metathetis Butler, 1876: 519

Schmidt, B. Christian, 2018, Cryptic species among bumblebee mimics: an unrecognized Hemaris hawkmoth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in eastern North America, Zootaxa 4399 (1) : -

= Hemaris metathetis Butler, 1876: 519 .

TYPE lOCAlITY: TEXAS [ NHMUK].

THE NAmE metathetis IS THE THIRd PROPOSEd fOR diffinis COllECTEd IN TEXAS bY. G. W. BElfRAgE, ANd THE HOlOTYPE WAS bASEd ON A SPRINg bROOd SPECImEN, Of SmAllER SIZE ANd WITH A NARROWER, NON-dENTATE fOREWINg mARgINAl bANd (BUTlER 1876). IN dESCRIbINg A VARIANT Of THE SUmmER fORm grotei , BUTlER (1874) HAd mISTAKENlY bElIEVEd axillaris TO bE THE SPRINg fORm (BUTlER 1876). AS dISCUSSEd UNdER grotei ANd axillaris , THE TYPES Of metathetis COUld HAVE COmE fROm EITHER THE HOUSTON AREA OR BOSqUE COUNTY.