Sphinx asellus

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Sphinx asellus, the asellus sphinx moth,[2] is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known from pinyon-juniper woodland and similar arid areas in the US states of Colorado, Nevada, Utah, extreme south-western Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and south-western Texas.[2]

Asellus sphinx moth
Sphinx asella
Sphinx asella ♂ △
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphinx
Species:
S. asellus
Binomial name
Sphinx asellus
Synonyms
  • Hyloicus asellus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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 species.

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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