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Genus Lintneria

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Istar Sphinx - Hodges #7799 - Lintneria istar unknown black and green hornworm caterpillar please help identify a.s.a.p. - Lintneria eremitus Lintneria eremitus - Lintneria eremitus Lintneria istar Lintneria eremitus Lintneria eremitus Lintneria eremitus Larva - Lintneria istar
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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 Lintneria

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sphinx(1)

Numbers

Five species in the genus for North America north of Mexico and twenty-one species world wide.
Lintneria eremitus
Lintneria eremitoides
Lintneria separatus
Lintneria istar
Lintneria smithi

Remarks

the species of Lintneria were included in the genus Sphinx until 2007(1)

Print References

Tuttle, James P., The Hawk Moths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - photographs of pinned Lintneria and other related species for comparison.

Works Cited

1.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.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 September, 2010 - 12:27pm
Last updated 28 September, 2010 - 2:11pm

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