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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) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Isoparce » Bald Cypress Sphinx - Hodges#7791 (Isoparce cupressi)

Species Isoparce cupressi - Bald Cypress Sphinx - Hodges#7791

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Habitat · Food · Internet References
Baldcypress sphinx - Isoparce cupressi MothSphinxTBID03152014FW_1843 - Isoparce cupressi MothSphinxTBID03152014FW_1843 - Isoparce cupressi No. 108 Isoparce cupressi? - Isoparce cupressi Isoparce cupressi Isoparce cupressi – Bald Cypress Sphinx Moth - Isoparce cupressi Isoparce cupressi - male Isoparce cupressi
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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 Sphinginae
Tribe Sphingini
Genus Isoparce
Species cupressi (Bald Cypress Sphinx - Hodges#7791)
Hodges Number
7791
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1875 by Jean Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval and Achille Guené as Sphinx cupressi
Explanation of Names
cupressi is Latin for "of cypress": the original species account refers to the larvae as living on "Cupressus thuioides" (current name Chamaecyparis thyoides)
Habitat
Cypress swamps
Food
Although the larvae have been reported as feeding on Atlantic White Cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, their main food plant is the Baldcypress, Taxodium distichum.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Histoire naturelle des insectes: species général des lépidoptères hétérocères,v.1, p.102 Original species description (in French)
Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 10 March, 2008 - 4:38pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Fyn Kynd, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 August, 2022 - 3:14pm

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