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Paonias myops (small-eyed sphinx)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Paonias myops (small-eyed sphinx) is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from south-eastern Canada to Florida and westward almost to the Pacific Coast. It is also known from Mexico. The wingspan is 52–69 mm. Adults are nocturnal than most sphingids; after an initial bout of activity after dusk, they fly throughout the night. Adults are on wing from June to September in eastern Canada. In New Jersey, there are two generations per year and there are four generations in Louisiana.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  2.362 inches (.06 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States

Prey / Diet

Arctostaphylos patula (greenleaf manzanita)[2]
Prunus domestica (plum)[2]
Prunus pensylvanica (Fire Cherry)[2]
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry)[2]
Syringa saugeana (common lilac)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Auditory influences on the flight behaviour of moths in a Nearctic site. I. Flight tendency, Scott B. Morrill and James H. Fullard, CAN. J. ZOOL. VOL. 70, 1992, pp. 1097-1101
2HOSTS - 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