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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]
Some hawk moths, such as the hummingbird hawk-moth or the white-lined sphinx, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers, so are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds. This hovering capability is only known to have evolved four times in nectar feeders: in hummingbirds, certain bats , hoverflies , and these sphingids [ 3 ] (an example ...
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.
[Hyles hippophaes, seathorn hawk-moth — possible migrant, more likely import] Hyles livornica, striped hawk-moth — migrant; Hyles lineata, white-lined hawk-moth — ?vagrant; Deilephila elpenor, elephant hawk-moth — south and centre (common), north (rare) Deilephila porcellus, small elephant hawk-moth — south, centre and north (localized)
Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths, including the silk moths, giant silk moths, sphinx moths, saturniids, and relatives. The superfamily Lasiocampoidea is a close relative and was historically sometimes merged in this group. After many years of debate and shifting taxonomies, the most recent classifications treat the superfamily as ...
The Bedstraw Hawk-Moth - Fore wings olive brown, with a broad, irregular, whitish stripe along the middle; hind wings black at the base; then a broad pinkish-white band, quite white near the body, and bright pink about the middle; then a distinct black band, and then a grey margin; thorax and body olive-brown, a white line on each side of the ...
Manduca albiplaga, the white-plaqued sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. Distribution
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