Xylophanes clarki Ramsden, 1921 (Fig 7. D)

General distribution. Venezuela, Cuba and Dominican Republic.

Distribution in the DR. Santo Domingo, Pedernales. Only 3 specimens known (Fig 2. D).

Habitat. All known specimens from the island have been collected at sea level in the xeric zone (Haxaire 2016).

Material examined.

Haxaire: Pedernales, route Oviedo to Pedernales pk 40, Jaragua National Park: 17°58'05"N 71°38'38"W, 17 m, 22/02/2017, leg. J. Haxaire & Odile Paquit.

Remarks. Haxaire (2016) considered this species might be a potential hybrid between X. tersa and X. pluto . One year after publishing his work, he collected one specimen himself in Pedernales. This specimen has been DNA barcoded, and the sequence is practically identical to that of X. pluto . Further study needs to be done in order to uncover whether X. clarki is just a different form of X. pluto or indeed a hybrid in between X. pluto and X. tersa .