Image Number: 5594742

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Biological Control
Description:
Early instar spurge hawkmoth caterpillar feeding on leafy spurge.
Image type:
Field

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Image location:
United States, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Tribe: Macroglossini: Choerocampina
Genus: Hyles
Subject: Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Subject: Euphorbia esula L.
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Image uploaded:
Friday, September 6, 2019
Image last updated:
Friday, September 6, 2019