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Hyles lineata, also known as the white-lined sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. They are sometimes known as a "hummingbird moth" because of their bird-like size (2-3 inch wingspan) and flight patterns. [2] As caterpillars, they have a wide range of color phenotypes but show consistent adult coloration. [3]
A pattern of diagonal slashes along the side is a common feature. When resting, the caterpillar usually holds its legs off the surface and tucks its head underneath (praying position), which, resembling the Great Sphinx of Giza, gives rise to the name "sphinx moth". [5] Some tropical larvae are thought to mimic snakes.
Sightings of the white-lined sphinx moth — Hyles lineata in scientific terms — have been reported "all over" Point Reyes National Seashore north of San Francisco.
Red-humped caterpillar moth, Schizura concinna; ... White-lined sphinx, Hyles lineata; Abbott's sphinx, Sphecodina abbottii; Tersa sphinx, Xylophanes tersa; Sphinginae
7698 – Malacosoma disstria, forest tent caterpillar moth; 7699 ... 7894 – Hyles lineata, white-lined sphinx moth; 7894.1 – Deilephila elpenor, elephant hawk moth;
Manduca sexta is a moth of the family Sphingidae present through much of the Americas.The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum.. Commonly known as the Carolina sphinx moth and the tobacco hawk moth (as adults) and the tobacco hornworm and the Goliath worm (as larvae), it is closely related to and often confused with the very similar tomato hornworm ...
This is a list of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) observed in the U.S. state of Utah.. Callippe fritillary butterfly Clodius parnassian butterfly Green comma butterfly Milbert's tortoiseshell butterfly Pipevine swallowtail Caterpillar of two-tailed swallowtail Viceroy butterfly mating pair White-lined sphinx moth
Hyles gallii, the bedstraw hawk-moth or galium sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by S. A. von Rottemburg in 1775. [ 2 ]