Lintneria istar
| Istar sphinx moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Lintneria |
| Species: | L. istar |
| Binomial name | |
| Lintneria istar (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) | |
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Lintneria istar, the Istar sphinx moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is found in mountains and pine-oak woodlands from southern Arizona east to southern Texas and south through Mexico to Guatemala.
Adults are on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed on Salvia species.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Lintneria istar.
- ↑ NatureServe. "Lintneria istar". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Lintneria istar". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2005-10-01. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
External links
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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