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Scientific classification
Genus:	Paonias
Species:	myops
Synonyms
Sphinx myops J. E. Smith, 1797 Smerinthus tiliastri Boisduval, 1875 Smerinthus sorbi Boisduval, 1875 Smerinthus rosacearum Boisduval, 1836 Smerinthus cerasi Boisduval, 1875 Paonias oplerorum Eitschberger, 2002 Paonias hyatti Eitschberger, 2002 Paonias emmeli Eitschberger, 2002 Calasymbolus myops mccrearyi Clark, 1929

Paonias myops, the small-eyed sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797. It is found from south-eastern Canada to Florida and westward almost to the Pacific Coast. It is also known from Mexico.

The wingspan is 52–69 mm. Adults are more nocturnal 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.

Subspecies

Paonias myops myops
Paonias myops occidentalis Clark, 1919 (Mexico)

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