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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 » Lapara » Gulf Pine Sphinx - Hodges#7817.1 (Lapara phaeobrachycerous)

Species Lapara phaeobrachycerous - Gulf Pine Sphinx - Hodges#7817.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Lapara

Species phaeobrachycerous (Gulf Pine Sphinx - Hodges#7817.1)

Hodges Number

7817.1

Other Common Names

Brou's Sphinx Moth

Explanation of Names

Lapara phaeobrachycerous Brou 1994

phaeo brachycerous (G). 'dark, dusky' and 'short horns' i.e., the antennae (Brou, 1994)

Size

wingspan 64-78 mm

Identification

This recently-described species is similar in appearance to other members of its genus--see Brou (1994) for description. It should be looked for along the Gulf Coast.

Det. V. A. Brou Jr., 2013

Range

Known from coastal se TX to MS - Map (MPG), but Brou (1994) examined spmns that may be this sp. from GA and SC.

Occurs in LA in the "Florida Parishes" (Brou 1994)

Habitat

occurs in longleaf pine regions (Brou 1994)

Season

Mar-Oct in LA (MPG)

Life Cycle

Caterpillars are thought to feed on pine (Pinus, Pinaceae) (Brou 1994)

Remarks

considered by Louisiana to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (1)

Print References

Brou, V.A. (1994). A new species of Lapara (Sphingidae) from Southeastern United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48(1): 51-57 (PDF)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA

Second addendum to the Sphingidae of Louisiana - V. Brou Jr.

Works Cited

1.	Louisiana "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2015

Contributed by Cotinis on 22 August, 2009 - 8:23am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 7 April, 2016 - 8:40am

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