| Sphinx chisoya | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. chisoya |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinx chisoya (Schaus, 1932)[1] |
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The Chisoya Sphinx (Sphinx chisoya) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from tropical and subtropical lowlands from southern Texas to Mexico.[2]
The wingspan is 70-82 mm. The forewing upperside is dark grey to bluish grey with narrow black streaks. The posterior margin of the discal cell is marked by a dark line. There is a dark, wavy submarginal line which is made more prominent by a light grey band distal to it. The hindwing upperside is dark grey, with two diffuse, light grey bands.