Sphinx leucophaeata | |
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Sphinx leucophaeata, adult | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Sphinx |
Species: | S. leucophaeata |
Binomial name | |
Sphinx leucophaeata Clemens, 1859[1] |
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Sphinx leucophaeata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from north-western Mexico with an occasional stray into Texas.[2]
The length of the forewings is 62–75 mm. The forewing uppersides are pale bluish grey, with two prominent, dark median streaks, a long, black apical line, and a weak, undulating, black submarginal line.
There is probably one generation per year with adults on wing from late June to early August.