Dolba

Pawpaw sphinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Sphingini
Genus:	Dolba; Walker, 1856
Species:	D. hyloeus
Binomial name
	Dolba hyloeus; (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
	Sphinx hyloeus Drury, 1773 ; Sphinx prini J. E. Smith, 1797 ; Dolba schausi Clark, 1917 ; Dolba hyloeus floridensis Clark, 1919 ;

Dolba is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species, Dolba hyloeus, the pawpaw sphinx, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.

Distribution[]

It ranges throughout the eastern United States from Maine south to Florida, and west to Wisconsin, eastern Oklahoma, and southern Texas.

Description[]

The wingspan is 50–68 mm.^[2]

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biology[]

Larvae of this species feed on pawpaw, as well as blueberries^[3] and deciduous hollies such as inkberry and winterberry.

References[]

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ "Species Dolba hyloeus - Pawpaw Sphinx - Hodges#7784".

External links[]

Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Pawpaw sphinx Dolba hyloeus (Drury, 1773)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved January 1, 2019.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[3] "Species Dolba hyloeus - Pawpaw Sphinx - Hodges#7784".

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