Genus Paonias

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Blinded Sphinx - Paonias excaecatus - Paonias excaecatus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Bombycoidea

Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Subfamily Smerinthinae

Tribe Smerinthini

Genus Paonias

Numbers

Three species (1)

Identification

Species can be distinguished by shape of forewing margin (2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 May, 2004 - 11:04am

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