It is found in the temperate parts of the United States and southern Canada east of the Great Plains, in the north it occurs west of the Rocky Mountains.
In Canada, there is one generation per year with adults on wing in June and July. More to the south, there are two generations per year with adults on wing from late May to June and again from July to August. There may be as many as six generations in Louisiana.
sphinx, kalmiae, laurel, sphinx, moth, family, sphingidae, laurel, sphinxscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, sphingidaegenus, sphinxspecies, kalmiaebinomial, namej, smith, 1797, . Sphinx kalmiae the laurel sphinx is a moth of the family Sphingidae Laurel sphinxScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily SphingidaeGenus SphinxSpecies S kalmiaeBinomial nameSphinx kalmiaeJ E Smith 1797 1 Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 Biology 4 Taxonomy 5 References 6 External linksDistribution editIt is found in the temperate parts of the United States and southern Canada east of the Great Plains in the north it occurs west of the Rocky Mountains Description editThe wingspan is 75 103 mm nbsp Male dorsal nbsp Male ventral nbsp Female dorsal nbsp Female ventralBiology editIn Canada there is one generation per year with adults on wing in June and July More to the south there are two generations per year with adults on wing from late May to June and again from July to August There may be as many as six generations in Louisiana The larvae feed on Chionanthus Kalmia Syringa and Fraxinus species Taxonomy editEnglish entomologist James Edward Smith named this moth after Kalmia the plant on which its caterpillar was first observed 2 References edit CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience Sphingidae Cate sphingidae org Archived from the original on 2012 07 22 Retrieved 2011 11 01 J E Smith amp John Abbot The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia 797 page 73 1 External links editMoths of North Dakota Sphinx kalmiae the Laurel Sphinx nbsp This Sphinginae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sphinx kalmiae amp oldid 1216964340, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
