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Pachysphinx occidentalis  (H. Edwards, 1875)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 936105

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): Western Poplar Sphinx [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyBombycoidea   
                                     FamilySphingidae Latreille, 1802 – hawk moths, hornworms, sphinx moths  
                                        SubfamilySmerinthinae Grote and Robinson, 1865  
                                           TribeSmerinthini Grote and Robinson, 1865  
                                              GenusPachysphinx Rothschild and Jordan, 1903  
                                                 SpeciesPachysphinx occidentalis (H. Edwards, 1875) – Western Poplar Sphinx  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tuttle, James P.   
  Publication Date: 2007   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Hawk Moths of North America: A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada   
  Page(s): 253   
  Publisher: The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780979663307   
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  Reference for: Pachysphinx occidentalis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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