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Modest sphinx
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Pachysphinx
Species:
P. modesta
Binomial name
Pachysphinx modesta
(Harris, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus modesta Harris, 1839
  • Smerinthus populicola Boisduval, 1875
  • Smerinthus princeps Walker, 1856
  • Smerinthus cablei von Reizenstein, 1881
  • Pachysphinx modesta borealis Clark, 1929

Pachysphinx modesta, the modest sphinx or poplar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.

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Distribution

It ranges from the southern United States up and throughout Canada.

Biology

Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July in Canada. In the northern part of the range, there is one generation with adults on wing from may to July. Farther south, there might be two generations per year.

The larvae feed on poplar, willow and cottonwood species.

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