Sphinx sequoiae
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| Sphinx sequoiae ♂ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. sequoiae
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Sphinx sequoiae, the sequoia sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the United States from Oregon south through California, Nevada, and south-eastern Utah to Arizona and further south into Mexico's northern Baja California.[2]
The wingspan is 48–68 mm.
The larvae feed on Juniperus californica, Juniperus osteosperma and possibly also Calocedrus decurrens.
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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Categories:
- Sphinx (genus)
- Moths of North America
- Lepidoptera of Mexico
- Fauna of California
- Fauna of the Northwestern United States
- Fauna of the Baja California Peninsula
- Fauna of the Great Basin
- Fauna of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of Baja California
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of Nevada
- Moths described in 1868
- Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
- Sphinginae stubs