Sphinx poecila

Sphinx poecila, the poecila sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It is found from Newfoundland and Maine south to Pennsylvania and west to Michigan, northeastern Illinois and Wisconsin.

Poecila sphinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphinx
Species:
S. poecila
Binomial name
Sphinx poecila
Synonyms
  • Sphinx gordius borealis Clark, 1920
  • Sphinx poecila coxeyi (Cadbury, 1931)

The wingspan is 68–95 mm.

The larvae feed on Rosa carolina, Picea glauca, Larix laricina and Alnus, Malus, Myrica and Vaccinium species.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Sphinx poecila Stephens, 1828". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 17, 2018.


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