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

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Lapara coniferarum Smith, 1797

Lapara coniferarum Smith, 1797

The southern pine sphinx, Lapara coniferarum, is a sphinx moth species found in North American pine and mixed forests, and is threatened in Connecticut.

Family
Genus
Lapara
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Lapara coniferarum Smith, 1797

Lapara coniferarum, commonly called the southern pine sphinx, is a species of sphinx moth. This species was first formally described by James Edward Smith in 1797. It holds a threatened status within the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its known distribution spans mixed and pine forests, ranging from Nova Scotia and Maine in the north, south to Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Sphingidae Lapara

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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