Sphinx asellus
| Asellus Sphinx | |
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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] | |
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The Asellus Sphinx Moth (Sphinx asellus)[2] is a moth of the Sphingidae family. 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. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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