Biology:Lapara phaeobrachycerous

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Short description: Species of moth


Gulf pine sphinx
Lapara phaeobrachycerous male topotype.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Lapara
Species:
L. phaeobrachycerous
Binomial name
Lapara phaeobrachycerous
Brou, 1994[1]

Lapara phaeobrachycerousus, the Gulf pine sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from pine forests in the US states of Mississippi and eastern Louisiana.[2]

The wingspan is 64–78 mm.

There are five generations per year with adults on wing from April to October in Louisiana.

The larvae probably feed on Pinus species, such as Pinus palustris and Pinus taeda.

References

External links

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Lapara/phaeobrachycerous.html.  Wikidata ☰ Q931168 entry