Biology:Lintneria istar
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Short description: Species of moth
Istar sphinx moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Lintneria |
Species: | L. istar
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Binomial name | |
Lintneria istar (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1]
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Lintneria istar, the Istar sphinx moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is found in mountains and pine-oak woodlands from southern Arizona east to southern Texas and south through Mexico to Guatemala.[2]
Adults are on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed on Salvia species.
References
- ↑ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Lintneria istar". sphingidae.myspecies.info. https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/2625. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2005-10-01. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150509124202/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/sishtar.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Wikidata ☰ Q149722 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lintneria istar.
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