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Paonias
''Paonias'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species *'' Paonias astylus'' (Drury 1773) *''Paonias excaecatus'' (J. E. Smith 1797) *''Paonias macrops'' Gehlen, 1933 *''Paonias myops'' (J. E. Smith 1797) *''Paonias wolfei'' Cadiou & Haxaire 1997 Paonias astylus MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA male.jpg, '' Paonias astylus'' Paonias excaecatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 222 Georgia USA male.jpg, ''Paonias excaecatus ''Paonias excaecatus'', the blinded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. Distribution It is found in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and across the res ...'' Paonias myops MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA male.jpg, ''Paonias myops'' References Paonias, Smerinthini Moth genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paonias Myops
''Paonias myops'', the small-eyed sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. Distribution It is found from south-eastern Canada to Florida and westward almost to the Pacific Coast. It is also known from Mexico. Description The wingspan is 52–69 mm. Adults are more nocturnal Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ... than most sphingids; after an initial bout of activity after dusk, they fly throughout the night. Adults are on wing from June to September in eastern Canada. In New Jersey, there are two generations per year and there are four generations in Louisiana. Paonias myops MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA male dorsal.jpg, ''Paonias myops'' ♂ Paonias myops MHNT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paonias
''Paonias'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species *'' Paonias astylus'' (Drury 1773) *''Paonias excaecatus'' (J. E. Smith 1797) *''Paonias macrops'' Gehlen, 1933 *''Paonias myops'' (J. E. Smith 1797) *''Paonias wolfei'' Cadiou & Haxaire 1997 Paonias astylus MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA male.jpg, '' Paonias astylus'' Paonias excaecatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 222 Georgia USA male.jpg, ''Paonias excaecatus ''Paonias excaecatus'', the blinded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. Distribution It is found in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and across the res ...'' Paonias myops MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA male.jpg, ''Paonias myops'' References Paonias, Smerinthini Moth genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paonias Excaecatus
''Paonias excaecatus'', the blinded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. Distribution It is found in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and across the rest of Canada all the way to British Columbia. In the United States it ranges south to Florida in the east, and westward to eastern California and as far south as central Texas. Description The wingspan is 60–85 mm. Adult moths are nocturnal Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ...; after a brief bout of activity after dusk, they seem to prefer the later hours of the night. The eggs are greenish yellow and small. Hornworms hatch after about 8 days. Primary food sources for the larvae are deciduous trees such as willows, bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paonias Astylus
''Paonias astylus'', the huckleberry sphinx, is a moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. Distribution It is found in eastern North America, from Maine south to Florida, west to Missouri and Mississippi. Description The wingspan is 55–65 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June and again in September in two generations in Florida. There is one generation with adults on wing in July in the northern part of its range. Paonias astylus MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA male dorsal.jpg, ''Paonias astylus'' ♂ Paonias astylus MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA male ventral.jpg, ''Paonias astylus'' ♂ △ Biology The larvae feed on blueberry, '' Vaccinium'' (including '' V. vacillans'' and '' V. corymbosum''), ''Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paonias Wolfei
''Paonias wolfei'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Jean-Marie Cadiou and Jean Haxaire in 1997. It is known from Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... References Paonias Moths described in 1997 {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paonias Macrops
''Paonias macrops'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... References Paonias Moths described in 1933 {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthini
Smerinthini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Herbert C. Robinson in 1865. Taxonomy *Genus '' Acanthosphinx'' Aurivillius, 1891 *Genus '' Afroclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Afrosataspes'' Basquin & Cadiou, 1986 *Genus '' Afrosphinx'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''Agnosia'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''Amorpha'' Hübner, 1809 *Genus '' Anambulyx'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Andriasa'' Walker, 1856 *Genus '' Avinoffia'' Clark, 1929 *Genus '' Cadiouclanis'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus '' Callambulyx'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Ceridia'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''Chloroclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Clanidopsis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''Clanis'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus '' Coequosa'' Walker, 1856 *Genus ''Craspedortha'' Mell, 1922 *Genus ''Cypa'' Walker, 1865 *Genus ''Cypoides'' Matsumura, 1921 *Genus ''Daphnusa'' Walker, 1856 *Genus ''Dargeclanis'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. He was one of the first specialists to work on the European Lepidoptera. He described many new species, for example ''Sesia bembeciformis'' and ''Euchloe tagis'', many of them common. He also described many new genus, genera. He was a designer and engraver and from 1786 he worked for three years as a designer and engraver at a cotton factory in Ukraine. There he collected butterflies and moths including descriptions and illustrations of some in ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge'' (1786–1790) along with other new species from the countryside around his home in Augsburg. Hübner's masterwork "Tentamen" was intended as a discussion document. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region.Scoble, Malcolm J. (1995): ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity'' (2nd edition). Oxford University Press & Natural History Museum London. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their agile and sustained flying ability, similar enough to that of hummingbirds as to be reliably mistaken for them. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight. The family was named by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1802. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species Description
A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have been described previously or are related. In order for species to be validly described, they need to follow guidelines established over time. Zoological naming requires adherence to the ICZN code, plants, the ICN, viruses ICTV, and so on. The species description often contains photographs or other illustrations of type material along with a note on where they are deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million species have been identified and described, out of some 8.7 million that may actually exist. Millions more have become extinct throughout the existence of life on Earth. Naming process A name of a new species becomes valid (available in zo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth Genera
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
