Sphinx libocedrus

Sphinx libocedrus

Taxobox
name = Incense Cedar Sphinx


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Sphinx libocedrus", adult
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Sphingidae
genus = "Sphinx"
species = "S. libocedrus"
binomial = "Sphinx libocedrus"

binomial_authority = Henry Edwards, 1881

The Incense Cedar Sphinx ("Sphinx libocedrus") is a member of the Sphingidae Family of moths. It ranges from the West Texas to Southern California regions of the United States. The caterpillar of this species eats New Mexican forestiera ("Forestiera neomexicana"), a member of the olive family (Oleaceae).

External links

* [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/usa/1121.htm Incense Cedar Sphinx] Moths of America


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