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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Subfamily Macroglossinae


Observations of Adult and Larval Behavior in the Winter Sphingid, Arctonotus lucidus (Sphingidae)
By Daniel Rubinoff
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 2001
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Biology of Proserpinus clarkia (Sphingidae)
By Kendall H. Osborne
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 1995
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Additional Notes on Proserpinus clarkia and Arctonotus lucidus (Sphingidae) Life Histories From the Pacific Coast of N. America
By Kendall H. Osborne
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 1999
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Evidence of repeated and independent saltational evolution in a peculiar genus of sphinx moths (Proserpinus. Sphingidae).
By Daniel Rubinoff and Johannes J. Le Roux
PLoS One, 2008
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Hemaris thetis (Boisduval, 1855) (Sphingidae) is a Distinct Species
By B. Christian Schmidt
Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 63(2), 2009, 100-109, 2009
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Cryptic species among bumblebee mimics: an unrecognized Hemaris hawkmoth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in eastern North America
By B. Christian Schmidt
Zootaxa 4399 (1): 032–048, 2018
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New status for Eumorpha intermedia (Sphingidae)
By Vernon A. Brou
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 34(3): 302-306 , 1980

Brief observations of Sphingidae flight time
By Vernon Antoine Brou Jr.
Southern Lepidopterists' News, 24: 26-27, 2002
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