Syssphinx montana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Genus
- Syssphinx
- Species
- Syssphinx montana
- Scientific Name
- Syssphinx montana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Syssphinx montana
Syssphinx montana is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Mexico and (rarely) in southeastern Arizona.
The wingspan is 62–82 millimetres (2.4–3.2 in). The males are smaller than the females. Adults are on wing from mid-July to early August. Adults do not feed.
The larvae feed on Haematoxylon brasalita, Cassia emarginata, Acacia farnesiana, Gleditsia triacanthos and Robinia pseudoacacia.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Syssphinx albolineata
- Syssphinx amena
- Syssphinx bezverkhovi
- Syssphinx bicolor
- Syssphinx bidens
- Syssphinx bidentalis
- Syssphinx bidmagdaleniana
- Syssphinx bisecta
- Syssphinx blanchardi
- Syssphinx centriantioquiana
- Syssphinx centriboyacensis
- Syssphinx centrichuchuviana
- Syssphinx centrimacula
- Syssphinx centrizamorana
- Syssphinx chocoensis
- Syssphinx colla
- Syssphinx colloida
- Syssphinx delmaiziana
- Syssphinx digueti
- Syssphinx erubescens
- Syssphinx fabiolae
- Syssphinx gadouae
- Syssphinx gomezi
- Syssphinx hectori
- Syssphinx heiligbrodti
- Syssphinx hubbardi
- Syssphinx isias
- Syssphinx jasonoides
- Syssphinx jennyphillipsae
- Syssphinx lapazcellata
- Syssphinx malinalcoensis
- Syssphinx mexicana
- Syssphinx mexisinaloana
- Syssphinx misionescellata
- Syssphinx modena
- Syssphinx modmexicana
- Syssphinx molina
- Syssphinx montana
- Syssphinx ocellata
- Syssphinx paracolla
- Syssphinx paraxanthina
- Syssphinx parocellata
- Syssphinx pescadori
- Syssphinx quadrilineata
- Syssphinx raspa
- Syssphinx riekerti
- Syssphinx santamartaiana
- Syssphinx smithi
- Syssphinx tamaulipasiana
- Syssphinx tatama
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- Syssphinx xanthina
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