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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 » Hubbard's Small Silkmoth - Hodges#7711 (Syssphinx hubbardi)

Species Syssphinx hubbardi - Hubbard's Small Silkmoth - Hodges#7711

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Silk moth - Syssphinx hubbardi Syssphinx hubbardi bloodshot eyed moth - Syssphinx hubbardi - male Moth - Syssphinx hubbardi - male bloodshot eyed moth - Syssphinx hubbardi Syssphinx (Sphingacampa) hubbardi - Syssphinx hubbardi Hubbard's small silkmoth caterpillar - Syssphinx hubbardi Recently hatched larva - 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
Species hubbardi (Hubbard's Small Silkmoth - Hodges#7711)
Hodges Number
7711
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sphingicampa hubbardi (Dyar, 1903)
Syssphinx hubbardi
* formerly a subspecies of S. heiligbroti, Ferguson gave it the status of a full species in MONA fascicle 20.2A in 1971
* phylogenetic sequence #224325
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet hubbardi in honor of Henry Guernsey Hubbard.
Size
Wingspan 66-77 mm, males smaller than females.
Identification
Typical adults are darker than S. heiligbrodti. Most easily identified by range, with S. heiligbrodti restricted to central and south Texas, and S. hubbardi ranging from west Texas to Arizona. There is an overlap zone around Del Rio, TX.
Range
Extreme eastern California, southern Nevada and southern Arizona to western Texas.
Food
Larvae feed on Wright's acacia, honey mesquite and catclaw acacia.
Life Cycle


Remarks
Larvae flouresce under UV light making them easy to collect (1)
See Also
Sphingicampa heiligbrodti
Print References
Ferguson, D. C. 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2a: p. 44; pl.4.3-5
Knudson & Bordelon (2)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.36.11m, p.237 (3)
Tuskes, pp. 87-88, plate 11--adult, plate 2--larva, map 8 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group species page
Moths of Maryland - specimen from Arizona
Silkmoths Website - size
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.
2.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 October, 2006 - 3:44pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Tom Bentley, Joshua Stuart Rose, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 October, 2014 - 11:54pm

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