Lapara bombycoides, the Northern Pine Sphinx

Lapara bombycoides
luh-PAHR-uhmm bom-bih-KOY-dees
Northern Pine Sphinx
Walker, 1856

Lapara bombycoides, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin,
September 9, 2008, courtesy of Ian Miller.

Lapara bombycoides, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin,
September 9, 2008, courtesy of Ian Miller.

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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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Ian Miller reports, "When disturbed the larva pulls its real legs into its body and tries to look like a twig or piece of bark."

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