Paratrea plebeja

Plebeian sphinx
Paratrea plebeja, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Paratrea
Grote, 1903
Species: P. plebeja
Binomial name
Paratrea plebeja
(Fabricius, 1777)[1]
Synonyms
  • Atreides Holland, 1903 (Genus)
  • Atreus Grote, 1886 (Genus)
  • Sphinx plebeja Fabricius, 1777 (Species)

The Plebeian Sphinx Moth (Paratrea plebeja) is a moth of the Sphingidae family and only member of the Paratrea genus. It is found in the eastern part of the United States up to the Great Plains. It is also present in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and eastern Texas.

The length of the forewing is 31–35 mm. In the north, adults are on wing in two generations with adults on wing from May to August. In the south, there are at least two generations with adults on wing from the end of April to June and from August to October, but from April to November in Florida and from March to September in Louisiana. Adults feed on the nectar of Saponaria officinalis, Phlox, Petunia, Mirabilis, Lonicera, Hymenocallis caroliniana and Verbena.

The larvae feed on Campsis radicans, Tecoma stans and introduced Tecomaria capensis.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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