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Huckleberry Sphinx

Paonias astylus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 23, February 21, March 26, April 42, May 77, June 55, July 93, August 32, September 33, October 32, November 24, December 22.
United States1,571
Massachusetts398
New York308
New Jersey132
North Carolina124
Connecticut118
Tennessee85
Virginia69
Pennsylvania55
West Virginia43

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
GenusPaonias

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