Sphinx chisoya courtesy of Paul Opler.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 ........... Species: chisoya Schaus, 1932

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Chisoya Sphinx, Sphinx chisoya (Wing span: 2 3/4 - 3 1/4 inches (7 - 8.2 cm)), flies in tropical and subtropical lowlands from southern Texas south into Mexico, the specimen type locality.

The upperside of the forewing is dark gray to blue-gray with narrow black dashes. There is a dark, wavy, submarginal band, and a light gray streak outside the submarginal band. The upperside of the hindwing is dark gray with two diffuse, light gray bands.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Sphinx chisoya adults fly ???

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Adults probably nectar at a variety of flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larval hosts are ???

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