| Sphinx poecila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. poecila |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinx poecila Stephens, 1828[1] |
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The Poecila Sphinx (Sphinx poecila) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. [2] It is found from Newfoundland and Maine south to Pennsylvania and west to Michigan, northeastern Illinois and Wisconsin.
The wingspan is 68-95 mm.
The larvae feed on Rosa carolina, Picea glauca, Larix laricina and Alnus, Malus, Myrica and Vaccinium species.