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Clemens' Sphinx

Sphinx luscitiosa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 10, April 19, May 36, June 17, July 13, August 11, September 12, October 10, November 6, December 5.
Canada303
United States266
Ontario150
Michigan65
Minnesota55
New York50
Quebec32
Nunavut32
Manitoba29
Wisconsin23

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Clemens' Sphinx with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.