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Sphinx asellus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Sphinx asella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Sphinx

Rank
  
Species

Sphinx asellus

Similar
  
Sphinx dollii, Sphinx libocedrus, Lintneria separatus, Lintneria istar, Sphinx vashti

Sphinx asellus (asellus sphinx moth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from pinyon-juniper woodland and similar arid areas in Colorado, Nevada, Utah, extreme south-western Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and south-western Texas.

The wingspan is 80–99 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Manzanita (Arctostaphylos) species.

References

Sphinx asellus Wikipedia