Lintneria maura

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Lintneria maura
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Lintneria maura ♂
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Lintneria
Species:
L. maura
Binomial name
Lintneria maura
(Burmeister, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx mauraBurmeister, 1879

Lintneria maura is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

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Distribution

It is known from Argentina and Bolivia. [2]


Description

The wingspan is about 80 mm.

Biology

Adults have been recorded from May to October in Bolivia and from November to December in Argentina.Adults have been recorded in late January in Brazil.

The larvae probably feed on Lamiaceae (such as Salvia , Mentha , Monarda and Hyptis ), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia ) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana ).

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References

  1. ↑ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Lintneria maura". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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