Lapara bombycoides, the Northern Pine Sphinx
Deb Lievens, New Hampshire Lepidoptera
Lapara bombycoides
luh-PAHR-uhmm
bom-bih-KOY-dees
Northern Pine Sphinx
Walker, 1856
Lapara bombycoides, Thorton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, courtesy of Deb Lievens.
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae Latreille, [1802]
Subfamily: Sphinginae Latreille [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini Latreille, [1802]
Genus: Lapara Walker, 1856
Species: bombycoides (Walker, 1856)
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