Paonias excaecatus
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| Blinded Sphinx | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Adult specimen
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| Paonias excaecatus (J. E. Smith, 1797) |
The blinded sphinx (Paonias excaecatus) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Adult moths are nocturnal; after a brief bout of activity after dusk, they prefer the later hours of the night it seems (Fullard & Napoleone 2001).
[edit] References
- Fullard, James H. & Napoleone, Nadia (2001): Diel flight periodicity and the evolution of auditory defences in the Macrolepidoptera. Animal Behaviour 62(2): 349–368. doi:10.1006/anbe.2001.1753 PDF fulltext
[edit] External links
- Blinded Sphinx Life Cycle
