Sphinx asellus

Asellus sphinx moth
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
  • Hyloicus asellus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. 1 2 "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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