Erinnyis lassauxii
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| Lassaux's sphinx | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Erinnyis |
| Species: | E. lassauxii |
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| Erinnyis lassauxii | |
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Erinnyis lassauxii, or Lassaux's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Description[edit]
The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1859. It lives from northern Argentina, through Central America, and into the lower United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona).
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Female dorsal -
Female ventral
References[edit]
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links[edit]
- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Lassaux's sphinx Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
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