species 264 observations

Sequoia Sphinx

Sphinx sequoiae

Field notes

Sphinx sequoiae, the sequoia sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the United States from Oregon south through California, Nevada, and south-eastern Utah to Arizona and further south into Mexico's northern Baja California. It is particularly common in juniper and cedar forests, like those east of the Cascade Range in the Pacific Northwest.

The species was first identified by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1868.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided