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Species Syssphinx hubbardi - Hubbard's Small Silkmoth - Hodges#7711

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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 Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Subfamily Ceratocampinae (Royal Moths)
Genus Syssphinx
Species hubbardi (Hubbard's Small Silkmoth - Hodges#7711)
Hodges Number
7711
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sphingicampa hubbardi
Identification
Typical adults are darker than S. heiligbrodti. Most easily identified by range, with S. heiligbrodti restricted to central and south Texas, and S. hubbardi ranging from west Texas to Arizona. There is an overlap zone around Del Rio, TX.
Range
In United States: southern Arizona (a bit of extreme east California, south Nevada) east to western Texas
See Also
Syssphinx heiligbrodti
Print References
Tuskes, pp. 87-88, plate 11--adult, plate 2--larva, map 8 (1)

(2)Knudson & Bordelon
Internet References
Moths of Maryland--specimen from Arizona
Works Cited
1.The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada
By Paul M. Tuskes, James P. Tuttle, Michael M. Collins
2.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths
By Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 October, 2006 - 3:44pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Tom Bentley, Joshua Stuart Rose
Last updated 2 September, 2008 - 11:28am

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