Lintneria smithi: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Lintneria
- Species
- Lintneria smithi
- Scientific Name
- Lintneria smithi
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lintneria smithi
Lintneria smithi is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, the sphinx moths and hawk moths. It is known by the common name Smith's sphinx. It is known from southern Arizona, southeastern New Mexico, and Sonora in northwestern Mexico.
This moth has a thick, elongated body and a wingspan of about 9 centimeters. The larva is mottled white and grayish brown with a purple tinge.
This moth has only been recorded at three or four locations. Little is known about its life history.
...Lintneria smithi in languages:
- English
- Smith's Sphinx Moth
- English
- Smith's Sphinx
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lintneria arthuri
- Lintneria aurigutta
- Lintneria balsae
- Lintneria biolleyi
- Lintneria eremitoides
- Lintneria eremitus
- Lintneria geminus
- Lintneria istar
- Lintneria justiciae
- Lintneria lugens
- Lintneria maura
- Lintneria merops
- Lintneria phalerata
- Lintneria pitzahuac
- Lintneria porioni
- Lintneria praelongus
- Lintneria pseudostigmatica
- Lintneria separatus
- Lintneria smithi
- Lintneria tricolor
- Lintneria xantus




