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Asellus Sphinx

Sphinx asellus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 7, February 7, March 9, April 12, May 11, June 5, July 7, August 10, September 6, October 6, November 6, December 6.
United States184
Arizona90
Colorado49
New Mexico18
Texas16
Utah6
Wyoming2
Nevada2
Nebraska1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusSphinx

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