Paonias myops
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Paonias |
| Species: | P. myops
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| Binomial name | |
| Paonias myops (J. E. Smith, 1797)[1]
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Paonias myops, the small-eyed sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]It is found from south-eastern Canada to Florida and westward almost to the Pacific Coast.[2] It is also known from Mexico.
Description
[edit | edit source]The wingspan is 52–69 mm. Adults are more nocturnal than most sphingids. Adults are on wing from June to September in eastern Canada. In New Jersey, there are two generations per year and there are four generations in Louisiana.
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Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- Paonias myops myops
- Paonias myops occidentalis Clark, 1919 (Mexico)
References
[edit | edit source]- Fullard, James H. & Napoleone, Nadia (2001): Diel flight periodicity and the evolution of auditory defences in the Macrolepidoptera. Animal Behaviour 62(2): 349–368. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). PDF fulltext
External links
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- Midnight racer on National Geographic.
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