Sphinx libocedrus, the incense cedar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It ranges from the western Texas to southern California and Mexico.

Incense cedar sphinx
Sphinx libocedrus
Sphinx libocedrus ♂ △
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphinx
Species:
S. libocedrus
Binomial name
Sphinx libocedrus
Synonyms
  • Sphinx insolita Lintner, 1884
Incense cedar sphinx variation

The larvae feed on New Mexican forestiera (Forestiera neomexicana), Forestiera angustifolia and Fraxinus gooddingii in the olive family (Oleaceae).

Subspecies

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  • Sphinx libocedrus libocedrus (from Texas west through New Mexico and Arizona to southern California and further south to Sonora and Baja California Sur)
  • Sphinx libocedrus achotla Mooser, 1944 (Mexico)

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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