Paonias excaecatus

Blinded sphinx
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Paonias
Species:
P. excaecata
Binomial name
Paonias excaecata
(J. E. Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx excaecata J.E. Smith, 1797
  • Paonias pavonina Geyer, 1837
  • Calasymbolus excaecata borealis Clark, 1929
  • Calasymbolus excaecata pecosensis Cockerell, 1905

Paonias excaecata, the blinded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797.

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