Sphinx asellus
Asellus sphinx moth | |
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Sphinx asellus, adult | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Sphinx |
Species: | S. asellus |
Binomial name | |
Sphinx asellus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Sphinx asellus (asellus sphinx moth)[2] is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from pinyon-juniper woodland and similar arid areas in Colorado, Nevada, Utah, extreme south-western Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and south-western Texas.[2]
The wingspan is 80–99 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on Manzanita (Arctostaphylos) species.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- 1 2 "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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