bio.wikisort.org - Animal

Paonias astylus, the huckleberry sphinx, is a moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.

Huckleberry sphinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Paonias
Species:	P. astylus
Binomial name
Paonias astylus (Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx astylus Drury, 1773 Sphinx io Guérin-Méneville, [1829-1831] Smerinthus integerrima Harris, 1833 Smerinthus integerrima Harris, 1839

Distribution

It is found in eastern North America, from Maine south to Florida, west to Missouri and Mississippi.

Description

The wingspan is 55–65 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June and again in September in two generations in Florida. There is one generation with adults on wing in July in the northern part of its range.

• 
  Paonias astylus ♂
• 
  Paonias astylus ♂ △

Biology

The larvae feed on blueberry, Vaccinium (including V. vacillans and V. corymbosum), Prunus, Andromeda and Salix. Adults do not feed.

References

External links

• Cotinis (June 11, 2018). "Species Paonias astylus - Huckleberry Sphinx - Hodges#7826". BugGuide. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
• Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Huckleberry sphinx Paonias astylus (Drury, 1773)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
• "Paonias astylus (Drury, 1773)". Sphingidae of the Americas. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

---