Erinnyis lassauxii, or Lassaux's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Lassaux's sphinx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Erinnyis |
Species: | E. lassauxii
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Binomial name | |
Erinnyis lassauxii | |
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Description
editThe species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1859. It lives from northern Argentina, through Central America, and into the lower United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona).
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Female dorsal
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Female ventral
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links
edit- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Lassaux's sphinx Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 19, 2018.