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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Macroglossinae » Dilophonotini » Aellopos » Clavipes Sphinx - Hodges#7848 (Aellopos clavipes)

Species Aellopos clavipes - Clavipes Sphinx - Hodges#7848

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Subfamily Macroglossinae
Tribe Dilophonotini
Genus Aellopos
Species clavipes (Clavipes Sphinx - Hodges#7848)
Hodges Number
7848
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aellopos clavipes (Rothschild & Jordan)
Orig. Comb: Sesia tantalus clavipes Rothschild and Jordan 1903
Explanation of Names
From Latin clava- "club" + pes- "foot"
Size
Wingspan: 50 - 64 mm
Range
sw US (s CA, s AZ, c to s TX), W. Indies - Map (MPG)
Season
fly Jun-Nov in TX (MPG)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA
A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae, v.1, p.436 - Rothschild's and Jordan's original description of the species
Sphingidae.US - Aellopos clavipes
Contributed by Abigail Parker on 19 October, 2009 - 8:40pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, teakh
Last updated 12 October, 2019 - 6:48pm

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