Lintneria eremitoides

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Sage sphinx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Lintneria
Species:
L. eremitoides
Binomial name
Lintneria eremitoides
(Strecker, 1874) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx eremitoidesStrecker, 1874

Lintneria eremitoides, the sage sphinx, is a moth from the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Herman Strecker in 1874. It is known from North America's sandy prairies in the Great Plains from Kansas south through central Oklahoma to Texas, and possibly west to Colorado and New Mexico, and as a rare stray to western Missouri. [2]

The wingspan is 71–90 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from April to May and from August to September. They feed on the nectar of various deep-throated flowers.

The larvae feed on Salvia species.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Lintneria eremitoides". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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