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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 » Syssphinx montana - Hodges#7713.1 (Syssphinx montana)

Species Syssphinx montana - Hodges#7713.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Female, Syssphinx montana? - Syssphinx montana - female

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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 montana (Syssphinx montana - Hodges#7713.1)

Hodges Number

7713.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sphingicampa montana (Packard, 1905)

Syssphinx montana (Packard, 1905)

Adelocephala montana Packard, 1905

Numbers

There are eight species of the genus Sphingicampa in America north of Mexico.

Size

Forewing length 28-39 mm.(1)

Males smaller.

Identification

♂ ♀

Range

Mexico and extreme southern United States.

Lectotype male from St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.

Season

The main flight period is July to September.

Food

The larval host is Mimosa dysocarpa (velvetpod mimosa) (Mimosaceae). (1)

USDA plant profile

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 1971. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2a: p. 50; pl. 4.14-17.(2)

Packard, 1914. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 12.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. plate 36, fig. 10; p. 237. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Bill Oehlke's Silkmoths

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	MONA - Saturniidae D.C. Ferguson. 1971. E.W. Classey & R.D.B. Publications Inc.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 16 February, 2007 - 1:38pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 2 December, 2013 - 11:18am

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