Lintneria separatus

Separated sphinx
Lintneria separatus ♂
Lintneria separatus ♂ △

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Lintneria
Species:
L. separatus
Binomial name
Lintneria separatus
(Neumoegen, 1885)[2]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx separatus Neumoegen, 1885[3]
  • Sphinx separatus melaena Rothschild & Jordan, 1916[4]

Lintneria separatus, the separated sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1885. It is found from Colorado south through New Mexico and Arizona to Veracruz and Hidalgo in Mexico.[5]

The wingspan is 110–125 mm. It probably has one brood from late June to early August.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Salvia greggii.

References

  1. ^ NatureServe. "Lintneria separatus". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  2. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ Neumoegen, B. (1885). "Descriptions of New Lepidoptera". Entomologica Americana. 1 (5): 92.
  4. ^ Rothschild, Walter; Jordan, Karl (1916). "Further Corrections of and Additions to Our "Revision of the Sphingidae"". Novitates Zoologicae. 23: 253.
  5. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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