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Lapara coniferarum (southern pine sphinx)

Synonyms: Lapara cana

Wikipedia Abstract

Lapara coniferarum (southern pine sphinx) is a species of sphinx moth. It is known from mixed and pine forests from Nova Scotia and Maine south to Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana. The wingspan is 50–57 mm. The forewing is grey with two or three black stripes in the middle of the wing. Other marking are vague. The larvae feed on Pinus species, including Pinus taeda and Pinus pinaster.
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Prey / Diet

Pinus palustris (Georgia pine)[1]
Pinus resinosa (Norway pine)[1]
Pinus taeda (Loblolly pine)[1]
Pinus virginiana (Virginia pine)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0