Paonias astylus Drury, 1773 is a animal in the Sphingidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Paonias astylus Drury, 1773
Paonias astylus is a moth found across eastern North America with varying numbers of annual generations.
Paonias astylus has a wingspan measuring 55–65 mm. In Florida, there are two generations of adults per year, and they are on wing from March to June, and then again in September. In the northern part of the species' range, there is only one generation, with adults on wing in July. This species is distributed across eastern North America, ranging from Maine in the north south to Florida, and west to Missouri and Mississippi.
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Theretra oldenlandiae Fabricius, 1775
Marumba sperchius Ménétriés, 1857
Daphnis moorei MacLeay, 1866
Isoparce cupressi Boisduval, 1875
Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775
Oryba kadeni Schaufuss, 1870
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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