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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) » Macroglossinae » Dilophonotini » Phryxus » Caicus Sphinx - Hodges#7840 (Phryxus caicus)

Species Phryxus caicus - Caicus Sphinx - Hodges#7840

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Macroglossinae
Tribe Dilophonotini
Genus Phryxus
Species caicus (Caicus Sphinx - Hodges#7840)
Hodges Number
7840
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phryxus caicus (Cramer, 1777)
Sphinx caicus Cramer, 1777
Dilophonota caicus Godman & Salvin, 1881,
Anceryx caicus Walker, 1856
Numbers
The only Phryxus species found in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 70-83 mm.
Identification
Brown forewing with a tan band along the inner margin and a thin tan streak in the middle of the wing. The hindwing is red-orange with short black bands along the veins at the outer margin. The abdomen has distinct black and tan bands.
Range
Southern Arizona and southern Florida.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with some collection dates.
Season
Several flights per year with adults found year round.
Food
In Florida larvae have been reported on Mangrove rubber vine (Rhabdadenia biflora)
Print References
Hodges, R.W., 1971. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 21. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 103; pl. 10.1. (1)
Kitching, I.J. & J.M. Cadiou, 2000. Hawkmoths of the World; An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Cornell University Press. (2)
Tuttle, J.P., 2007. Hawk Moths of North America. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 140; pl. 5.10. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Bill Oehlke's site
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)
De uitlandische Kapellen, v.2, p.42    Pieter Kramer's original description of the species (in Dutch and French). 2 pages before, on Plate CXXV/125, fig.F,
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 21 Sphingidae
Ronald W. Hodges. 1971. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Hawkmoths of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera Sphingidae)
Ian J. Kitching; Jean-Marie Cadiou . 2000. Comstock Publishing Associates .
3.The Hawk Moths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada.
James P Tuttle. 2007. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation Inc.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
6.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 February, 2010 - 10:52pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 March, 2016 - 9:32pm

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