Sphinx poecila, the poecila sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It is found from Newfoundland and Maine south to Pennsylvania and west to Michigan, northeastern Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. poecila
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| Sphinx poecila | |
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The wingspan is 68–95 mm.
The larvae feed on Rosa carolina, Picea glauca, Larix laricina and Alnus, Malus, Myrica and Vaccinium species.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Sphinx poecila Stephens, 1828". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
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