Sphinx asellus

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Asellus sphinx moth
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Sphinx asella
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Sphinx asella ♂ △
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 asellusRothschild & Jordan, 1903

Sphinx asellus, the asellus sphinx moth, [2] is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known from pinyon-juniper woodland and similar arid areas in the US states of 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 species.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.