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Genus Paonias

Neat Sphinx - Paonias excaecata Huckleberry Sphinx - Hodges#7826 - Paonias astylus Sphingidae: Paonias myops - Paonias myops Blinded Sphinx - Hodges #7824 (Paonias excaecata) - Paonias excaecata 7825 – Paonias myops – Small-eyed Sphinx - Paonias myops Paonias myops (Small-Eyed Sphinx) - Paonias myops Blinded Sphinx Moth - Paonias excaecata Pennsylvania Caterpillar and Nematode - Paonias myops
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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 Smerinthinae
Tribe Smerinthini
Genus Paonias
Numbers
Three species (1)
Identification
Species can be distinguished by shape of forewing margin (2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 May, 2004 - 11:04am

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