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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
MIDI MUSICcopyright C. Odenkirk ON.OFF |
Prescott, Arizona is the specimen type locality.
It is very rarely found and is threatened due to habitat destruction.
The upperside of the forewing is pale blue-gray to dark gray with a black dash reaching the wing tip and a white stripe along the lower outer margin. The upperside of the hindwing is black with two diffuse white bands, the upper one being practically non-existent.
Sphinx libocedrus, Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Brewster County, Texas
April 23, 2011, courtesy of Bill Dempwolf,
id by Bill Oehlke.
Michael Van Buskirk reports a larva (beautiful image) find on Forestiera angustifolia, Elbow Bush-Oleaceae, on October 29, 2005, in Starr County, Texas.
The larval images below are courtesy of Bruce Walsh.
Sphinx libocedrus pupa, courtesy of Mike van Buskirk.
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