Dolba hyloeus

Pawpaw Sphinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Dolba
Walker, 1856
Species: D. hyloeus
Binomial name
Dolba hyloeus
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx hyloeus Drury, 1773
  • Sphinx prini J.E. Smith, 1797
  • Dolba schausi Clark, 1917
  • Dolba hyloeus floridensis Clark, 1919

The Pawpaw Sphinx (Dolba hyloeus) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It ranges throughout the eastern United States from Maine south to Florida, and west to Wisconsin, eastern Oklahoma, and southern Texas.

The wingspan is 50–68 mm.[2]

Larvae of this species feed on pawpaw, as well as deciduous hollies such as inkberry and winterberry.

References

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

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