Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Lintneria ermitoides | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lintneria Rank Species | |
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Similar Lintneria geminus, Lintneria istar, Lintneria separatus, Sphinx dollii, Sphinx libocedrus | ||
Lintneria ermitoides (sage sphinx) is a moth from the family Sphingidae. It is known from sandy prairies in the Great Plains from Kansas south through central Oklahoma to Texas, and possibly west to Colorado and New Mexico, and as a rare stray to western Missouri.
The wingspan is 71–90 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from April to May and from August to September. They feed on the nectar of various deep-throated flowers.
The larvae feed on Salvia species.
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