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Species Lintneria smithi - Smith's Sphinx - Hodges#7799.1

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 Lintneria
Species smithi (Smith's Sphinx - Hodges#7799.1)
Hodges Number
7799.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lintneria smithi (Cadiou, 1998)
Sphinx smithi Cadiou, 1998
Phylogenetic Sequence # 890133
Range
south-western (AZ, NM, northern Mexico) (1)(2)
See Also
Some member of other genera in this tribe are very similar, such as Paratrea and Sphinx.
The distribution range for this species may overlap with the following two species:
This species is very similar to the Istar Sphinx, Lintneria istar.
Check the comparison image from Bruce Walsh's website here.

To eliminate Lintneria separatus look for the (missing) two orange spots behind the head.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 11 June, 2021 - 8:49pm
Last updated 11 June, 2021 - 11:37pm

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