Sphinx poecila
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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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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.
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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