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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) » Smerinthinae » Smerinthini » Paonias » Small-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7825 (Paonias myops)

Species Paonias myops - Small-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7825

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Small-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7825 - Paonias myops Moth - Paonias myops Sphingidae, lateral - Paonias myops Beautiful Brown Moth - Paonias myops Small-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7825 - Paonias myops Paonias myops Small-eyed Sphinx - Paonias myops Small-eyed Sphinx - Paonias myops
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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 Smerinthinae
Tribe Smerinthini
Genus Paonias
Species myops (Small-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7825)
Hodges Number
7825
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paonias myops (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Sphinx myops J.E. Smith, 1797
There are many synonyms.
Phylogenetic sequence # 227675
Numbers
One of three species in the genus for North America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 45-75 mm. (1)
Identification
Forewing outer margin doubly indented (not straight or scalloped as in the two other species for this genus) (1)
Range
Throughout North America. (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)
Season
Adults are most common from April to October. (10), (1)
Food
Birches, hawthorns, poplars, Prunus species, willows (1)
Life Cycle
Click on this photo to see a life cycle series of photos:

See Also
Paonias astylus, forewing has a straight outer margin.

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Paonias excaecata, forewing has a scalloped outer margin.
Print References
Covell, C.V., Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths, p. 37, pl. 6, #2.(1)
Hodges, R.W., 1971. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 21, p. 85; pl. 7.8, 10-12. (11)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, p. 243, pl. 39.4. (12)
Tuttle, J.P. 2007. Hawk Moths of North America, p. 121; pl. 11.11. (13)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (10)
Bill Oehlke's species page; includes caterpillar image.
E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta )
Moths of North Dakota
Moths of Dallas County, Texas (4)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (9)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (14)
Biodiversitylibrary.org - online access to a large number of archived publications for the species.
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
2.South Carolina Moth Species
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
5.Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
7. Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)
8.Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera
J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.
9.Moths of Southeast Arizona
10.North American Moth Photographers Group
11.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 21 Sphingidae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1971. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
12.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
13.The Hawk Moths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada.
James P Tuttle. 2007. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation Inc.
14.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 May, 2004 - 11:07am
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
Last updated 20 June, 2013 - 10:53pm

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