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Species Aellopos clavipes - Clavipes Sphinx - Hodges#7848

Aellopos Sphinx Moth - Aellopos clavipes - male

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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 Macroglossinae

Tribe Dilophonotini

Genus Aellopos

Species clavipes (Clavipes Sphinx - Hodges#7848)

Hodges Number

7848

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aellopos clavipes (Rothschild & Jordan)

Orig. Comb: Sesia tantalus clavipes Rothschild and Jordan 1903

Explanation of Names

From Latin clava- "club" + pes- "foot"

Size

Wingspan: 50 - 64 mm

Range

sw US (s CA, s AZ, c to s TX), W. Indies - Map (MPG)

Season

fly Jun-Nov in TX (MPG)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA

A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae, v.1, p.436 - Rothschild's and Jordan's original description of the species

Sphingidae.US - Aellopos clavipes

Contributed by Abigail Parker on 19 October, 2009 - 8:40pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, teakh
Last updated 12 October, 2019 - 6:48pm

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