Sphinx libocedrus

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Incense cedar sphinx
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Sphinx libocedrus
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Sphinx libocedrus ♂ △
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphinx
Species:
S. libocedrus
Binomial name
Sphinx libocedrus
H. Edwards, 1881 [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx insolitaLintner, 1884

Sphinx libocedrus, the incense cedar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It ranges from the western Texas to southern California and Mexico.

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Incense cedar sphinx variation

The larvae feed on New Mexican forestiera ( Forestiera neomexicana ), Forestiera angustifolia and Fraxinus gooddingii in the olive family (Oleaceae).

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[ permanent dead link ]PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.