Lintneria ermitoides
Lintneria eremitoides ( preparation )
Lintneria eremitoides is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of moth ( Sphingidae ). The type was provided by Tuttle (2007) with a number of other species of the genus Sphinx in the genus Lintneria Butler, 1876. The species is distributed only in the central southern United States.
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Features
The moths have a forewing length from 32 to 45 millimeters. The top of the forewing is pale gray with a yellowish tinge. It is patterned with black, wavy lines, and bars and two inconspicuous, white spots. The upper side of the hind wings is pale gray with a white napkin, which runs between two black bands. In addition, there is an indistinct black spot at the wing base. The ground color of the fore wings and the pale brown medial spot on them characterize the type clearly. The pattern is essentially fixed, but there are differences in contrast of colors.
The caterpillars have in the early stages of a fleshy appendage on the second thoracic segment, which is replaced by a hump at the last stage. On the back of this hump is strongly colored white and carrying a large black spot. On the sides of the body, the caterpillars have seven pairs of white, oblique stripes, which meet below the spiracles with a short, well -colored longitudinal ligament. The Analhorn is deep black.
The doll is colored dull reddish brown and has a fairly smooth surface. Your short proboscis sheath is free and is close to the body. The cremaster is basally wide and tapering to sharp point quickly.
Occurrence
The species is distributed only in the central southern United States. It occurs mainly in Texas, although the type specimen from Kansas comes. There is a proof in Love County in Oklahoma and one in Clay County in the far west of Missouri, which is probably concerned a Irrgast.
The animals colonize river banks and the edges of stony alluvial sage vegetation.
Way of life
The species is not detected in flower-visiting flies and rarely light sources. But It is still unclear whether the species is truly rare, or very inaccessible habitats colonized, in which detection is difficult.
Flight times and caterpillars
The moths fly in two broods from April to May and from August to September.
Food of the caterpillars
The caterpillars feed on various species of sage (Salvia ) Salvia azurea like.
Development
Egg-laying is not documented, but it is assumed that the females take the eggs individually. The caterpillars are nocturnal and hide during the day.