Lintneria separatus

Separated sphinx
Lintneria separatus, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Lintneria
Species: L. separatus
Binomial name
Lintneria separatus
(Neumoegen, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx separatus Neumoegen, 1885[2]
  • Sphinx separatus melaena Rothschild & Jordan, 1916[3]

Lintneria separatus (separated sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Colorado south through New Mexico and Arizona to Veracruz and Hidalgo in Mexico.[4]

The wingspan is 110–125 mm. The forewing is dark gray with black and light gray wavy lines. Hindwing is black with a brownish gray border and 2 white bands. It probably has one brood from late June to early August.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Salvia greggii.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Neumoegen, B. (1885). "Descriptions of New Lepidoptera". Entomologica Americana. 1 (5): 92.
  3. Rothschild, Walter; Jordan, Karl (1916). "Further Corrections of and Additions to Our "Revision of the Sphingidae"". Novitates Zoologicae. 23: 253.
  4. "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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