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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Bombycoidea » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Royal Moths (Ceratocampinae) » Syssphinx » Syssphinx montana - Hodges#7713.1 (Syssphinx montana)

Species Syssphinx montana - Hodges#7713.1

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Syssphinx montana - female
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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 montana (Syssphinx montana - Hodges#7713.1)
Hodges Number
7713.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Also known as Sphingicampa montana
Size
Wingspan: 62-82mm
Range
Mexico and extreme Southwest US
Season
Flight: July to August
Food
Larva feeds primarily on Haematoxylum, Honey Locust, Black Locust, Sweet Acacia, Mimosa and Laburnum.
Internet References
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/JV/JV39.5.shtml

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3344
Contributed by J.D. Roberts on 16 February, 2007 - 1:38pm
Last updated 16 February, 2007 - 2:56pm

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