Biology:Lintneria separatus
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Short description: Species of moth
| Separated sphinx | |
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| Lintneria separatus ♂ | |
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| Lintneria separatus ♂ △ | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Lintneria |
| Species: | L. separatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lintneria separatus (Neumoegen, 1885)[1]
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Lintneria separatus, the separated sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1885. It is found from Colorado south through New Mexico and Arizona to Veracruz and Hidalgo in Mexico.[4]
The wingspan is 110–125 mm. The forewing is dark gray with black and light gray wavy lines. Hindwing is black with a brownish gray border and two white bands. It probably has one brood from late June to early August.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Salvia greggii.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Lintneria/separatus.html.
- ↑ Neumoegen, B. (1885). "Descriptions of New Lepidoptera". Entomologica Americana 1 (5): 92. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9950221.
- ↑ Rothschild, Walter; Jordan, Karl (1916). "Further Corrections of and Additions to Our "Revision of the Sphingidae"". Novitates Zoologicae 23: 253. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33707806.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150509123915/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/sseparat.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
External links
- Separated Sphinx Moths of America
Wikidata ☰ Q143935 entry
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