Sphinx libocedrus
| Incense cedar sphinx | |
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| Sphinx libocedrus, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. libocedrus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinx libocedrus Henry Edwards, 1881[1] | |
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Sphinx libocedrus (incense cedar sphinx) is a member of the family Sphingidae of moths. It ranges from the western Texas to southern California and Mexico.
Incense cedar sphinx variation
The wingspan is 70–80 mm. The upperside of the forewing is pale blue-gray to dark gray with a black dash reaching the wing tip and a white stripe along the lower outer margin. The upperside of the hindwing is black with two diffuse white bands.
There is one generation with adults on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed on New Mexican forestiera (Forestiera neomexicana), Forestiera angustifolia and Fraxinus gooddingii in the olive family (Oleaceae).
Subspecies
- Sphinx libocedrus libocedrus (from Texas west through New Mexico and Arizona to southern California and further south to Sonora and Baja California Sur)
- Sphinx libocedrus achotla Mooser, 1944 (Mexico)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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- Incense Cedar Sphinx Moths of America
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