Sphinx maurorum

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Sphinx maurorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphinx
Species: S. maurorum
Binomial name
Sphinx maurorum
(Jordan, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hyloicus maurorum
  • Hyloicus pinastri maurorum Jordan, 1931
  • Hyloicus pinastri massiliensis Jordan, 1931
The Southern Pine Hawkmoth (Sphinx maurorum) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula, as well as in southern and central France as far north as Corrèze and the Atlas Mountains and Rif Mountains of North Africa. There are also records from Corsica.
range

The wingspan is 70–80 mm. There are one to two generations per year. Mostly, there is one generation with adults on wing from mid July to early August. In some years, adults are on wing from May to June and again in August.

The larvae feed on Pinus (especially Pinus halepensis and Pinus pinaster) and Cedrus species.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

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