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Species of moth

Baldcypress sphinx

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Isoparce
Species:	I. cupressi
Binomial name
*Isoparce cupressi* (Boisduval, 1875)
Synonyms
Sphinx cupressi Boisduval, 1875

Isoparce cupressi, the baldcypress sphinx or cypress sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found in cypress swamps in from Maryland to Texas. It has been reported from Mexico.

The wingspan is 60–65 mm (2.4–2.6 in).

There are at least four generations per year in Louisiana with adults on wing from February to October.

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Taxon identifiers
Isoparce cupressi	Wikidata: Q143508 Wikispecies: Isoparce cupressi BAMONA: Isoparce-cupressi BioLib: 643701 BOLD: 23500 BugGuide: 172518 CoL: 6MYHT EoL: 503678 GBIF: 1864204 iNaturalist: 143808 IRMNG: 11089235 ITIS: 936079 LepIndex: 53305 MONA: 7791 NatureServe: 2.111697 NCBI: 522830 Open Tree of Life: 27726

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