Paonias myops
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| name = Small-eyed sphinx
| image = - 7825 – Paonias myops – Small-eyed Sphinx Moth (17520383552).jpg
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| genus = Paonias
| species = myops
| authority = (J. E. Smith, 1797){{cite web |url=https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Paonias/myops.html |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-11-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220163541/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Paonias/myops.html |archive-date=2012-12-20 |url-status=dead }}
| synonyms ={{Specieslist
|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
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/pmyops.htm |title=Paonias myops (J. E. Smith, 1797) |website=Sphingidae of the Americas |accessdate=2011-11-01}} It is also known from Mexico.
Description
The wingspan is 52–69 mm. Adults are more nocturnal than most sphingids. 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 CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA male ventral.jpg| Paonias myops ♂ △
Paonias myops MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA female dorsal.jpg| Paonias myops ♀
Paonias myops MHNT CUT 2010 0 494 Michaux State Forest Pennsylvania USA female ventral.jpg| Paonias myops ♀ △
Subspecies
- Paonias myops myops
- Paonias myops occidentalis Clark, 1919 (Mexico)
References
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- Fullard, James H. & Napoleone, Nadia (2001): Diel flight periodicity and the evolution of auditory defences in the Macrolepidoptera. Animal Behaviour 62(2): 349–368. {{doi|10.1006/anbe.2001.1753}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070615060834/http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3full/reprints/FullNapolDielAB.pdf PDF fulltext]
External links
- {{cite web |last1=Lotts |first1=Kelly |last2=Naberhaus |first2=Thomas |name-list-style=amp |date=2017 |url=https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Paonias-myops |title=Small-eyed sphinx Paonias myops (J.E. Smith, 1797) |website=Butterflies and Moths of North America |accessdate=December 19, 2018}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509113522/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0205/feature3/zoom5.html Midnight racer] on National Geographic.
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Category:Moths described in 1797
Category:Moths of North America
Category:Lepidoptera of Mexico
Category:Taxa named by James Edward Smith
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