Dolba hyloeus

Dolba hyloeus
Pawpaw Sphinx
Dolba hyloeus, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Dolba
Walker, 1856
Species: D. hyloeus
Binomial name
Dolba hyloeus
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx hyloeus Drury, 1773
  • Sphinx prini J.E. Smith, 1797
  • Dolba schausi Clark, 1917
  • Dolba hyloeus floridensis Clark, 1919

The Pawpaw Sphinx (Dolba hyloeus) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It ranges throughout the eastern United States from Maine south to Florida, and west to Wisconsin, eastern Oklahoma, and southern Texas.

The wingspan is 50-68 mm.[2]

Larvae of this species feed on pawpaw, as well as deciduous hollies such as inkberry and winterberry.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Dolba/hyloeus.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/dhyloeus.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

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