Hemaris thysbe

Taxobox
name = Hummingbird Clearwing


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Hemaris thysbe", adult
status = NE
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Sphingidae
genus = "Hemaris"
species = "H. thysbe"
binomial = "Hemaris thysbe"
binomial_authority = (Fabricius, 1775)The "Hemaris thysbe", or Hummingbird clearwing, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives from Alaska and the Northwest Territories south through British Columbia to Oregon; east through the Great Plains and the Great Lakes area to Maine and Newfoundland; south to Florida and Texas. Adults are frequently mistaken for hummingbirds or bees because of their fast-moving wings and coloration. They have a two inch wingspan. The caterpillars eat viburnum, hawthorn, honeysuckle, and a few types of fruit trees.

External links

* [http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3437 Hummingbird clearwing] Butterflies and Moths of North America
* [http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/hthysbe.htm "Hemaris thysbe"] Sphingidae of the Americas