Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797 is a animal in the Sphingidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797 (Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797)
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Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797

Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797

Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797 is a moth with a 75–103 mm wingspan found across parts of North America.

Family
Genus
Sphinx
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797

This species, Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797, has a wingspan ranging from 75 to 103 mm. It is distributed in temperate regions of the United States and southern Canada, east of the Great Plains. In the northern portion of its overall range, it also occurs west of the Rocky Mountains.

Photo: (c) Seabrooke Leckie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Sphingidae Sphinx

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