Incense cedar sphinx | |
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Sphinx libocedrus ♂ | |
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Sphinx libocedrus ♂ △ | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Sphinx |
Species: |
S. libocedrus
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Binomial name | |
Sphinx libocedrus H. Edwards, 1881[1] | |
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Sphinx libocedrus, the incense cedar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first describedbyHenry Edwards in 1881. It ranges from the western Texas to southern California and Mexico.
The larvae feed on New Mexican forestiera (Forestiera neomexicana), Forestiera angustifolia and Fraxinus gooddingii in the olive family (Oleaceae).
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