A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/11/2019).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/18/2004).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/14/2014).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/14/2014).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/12/2015).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (4/27/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A male Huckleberry Sphinx in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/27/2022).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/14/2014).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/12/2015).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/30/2011).
A Huckleberry Sphinx collected in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/17/1993).
Huckleberry Sphinx in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/15/2018). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/18/2014).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/18/2014).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/18/2014).
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Harford Co., Maryland (6/25/2017).
A Huckleberry Sphinx caterpillar on highbush blueberry in Charles Co., Maryland (9/25/2016).
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Relationships
Uses various host plants including Blue Huckleberry and Black Huckleberry (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Host Plants).
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A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/11/2019).
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Jim Brighton.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/18/2004).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/14/2014).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/14/2014).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/12/2015).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (4/27/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Tyler Bell.
A male Huckleberry Sphinx in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/27/2022).
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Dave Webb.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/14/2014).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/12/2015).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/30/2011).
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Rod Burley.
A Huckleberry Sphinx collected in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/17/1993).
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John Glaser.
Huckleberry Sphinx in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/15/2018). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Hugh McGuinness.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/18/2014).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/18/2014).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/18/2014).
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Scott Housten.
A Huckleberry Sphinx in Harford Co., Maryland (6/25/2017).
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Dave Webb.
A Huckleberry Sphinx caterpillar on highbush blueberry in Charles Co., Maryland (9/25/2016).
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Beth Johnson.
Source: Wikipedia
| Huckleberry sphinx | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Paonias |
| Species: | P. astylus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paonias astylus | |
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Paonias astylus, the huckleberry sphinx, is a moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
Distribution
[edit]It is found in eastern North America, from Maine south to Florida, west to Missouri and Mississippi.
Description
[edit]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.
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Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on blueberry, Vaccinium (including V. vacillans and V. corymbosum), Prunus, Andromeda and Salix. Adults do not feed.
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
External links
[edit]- Cotinis (June 11, 2018). "Species Paonias astylus - Huckleberry Sphinx - Hodges#7826". BugGuide. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Huckleberry sphinx Paonias astylus (Drury, 1773)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- "Paonias astylus (Drury, 1773)". Sphingidae of the Americas. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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