| Asella Sphinx | |
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| Sphinx asella, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. asella |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinx asella (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1] |
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The Asella Sphinx Moth (Sphinx asella) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from pinyon-juniper woodland and similar arid areas in Colorado, Nevada, Utah, extreme south-western Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and south-western Texas. [2]
The wingspan is 80-99 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on Manzanita and Arctostaphylos species.