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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Royal Moths (Ceratocampinae) » Syssphinx

Genus Syssphinx

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth # 07-226 - Syssphinx hubbardi - female Honey Locust Moth - Syssphinx bicolor - Syssphinx montana Sphingicampa raspa - Syssphinx raspa Syssphinx bicolor - male Bisected Honey Locust Moth - Syssphinx bisecta Hubbard's Small Silkmoth larva? - Syssphinx Syssphinx hubbardi
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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 Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Subfamily Ceratocampinae (Royal Moths)
Genus Syssphinx
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
North American species formerly placed in Sphingicampa (1), but current taxonomy treats Sphingicampa as a synonym of Syssphinx (Kitching and Rougerie et al. 2018).
Numbers
Eight species occur in America north of Mexico.
Syssphinx bicolor
S. heiligbrodti
S. hubbardi
S. bisecta
S. blanchardi
S. montana
S. albolineata
S. raspa
Range
e US to AZ (BG data)
Internet References
Kitching and Rougerie et al. (2018)
Works Cited
1.The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada
Paul M. Tuskes, James P. Tuttle, Michael M. Collins. 1996. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 June, 2012 - 9:33am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Ryan St Laurent
Last updated 19 May, 2018 - 7:32pm

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