Lintneria eremitus, Rock Island Preserve, Linn County, Iowa,
nectaring at common milkweed, June 28, 2011, courtesy of Thomas Jantscher.

Lintneria eremitus, Rock Island Preserve, Linn County, Iowa,
nectaring at bouncing bet, July 7, 2011, courtesy of Thomas Jantscher.

Lintneria eremitus, Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve, Linn County, Iowa,
July 8, 2012, courtesy of Thomas Jantscher.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 ........... Genus: Lintneria Butler, 1876 Species: eremitus (Hübner, [1823])

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