Genus Sphinx Rank Species | ||
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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.
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