Attributes of Isoparce cupressi
Baldcypress sphinx
Isoparce cupressi (Boisduval, 1875)
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Sphinginae
Identification: Fringes are checkered with white to yellowish gray and black. Forewing is gray with 2 longitudinal broken black dashes, the lower one thicker and with a patch of orange-brown above it. Hindwing is dark gray.
Wing Span: 2 3/8 - 2 9/16 inches (6 - 6.5 cm).
Life History: Females lay eggs singly, scattered on the underside of baldcypress needles. Caterpillars feed on the needles at night and pupate in shallow burrows underground. Caterpillars of the second generation pupate and overwinter in their burrows.
Flight: . Two flights from February-October.
Caterpillar Hosts: Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum).
Adult Food: Adults have short tongues and probably do not feed.
Habitat: Cypress swamps.
Range: Coastal Maryland south to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G3 - Very rare or local throughout its range or found locally in a restricted range (21 to 100 occurrences). (Threatened throughout its range).
Management Needs: None reported.
Taxonomy Notes:
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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October 17, 2012 | djmpinky | Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States | November 16, 2012 | Details |
| January 01, 1977 | legacy.reporter (Hawks, David) | Butler County, Missouri, United States | March 11, 2009 | Details | |
| July 06, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Smart, Glen) | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States | March 11, 2009 | Details | |
| July 22, 1975 | legacy.reporter (Sheeley, R.D.) | Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States | March 11, 2009 | Details | |
| June 08, 1984 | legacy.reporter (Heitzman, J. Richard) | Wayne County, Missouri, United States | March 11, 2009 | Details | |
| January 01, 1970 | legacy.reporter (Richard B. Dominick Moth and Butterfly Collection) | Charleston County, South Carolina, United States | December 10, 2007 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Alachua County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Broward County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Collier County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Duval County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Escambia County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Hernando County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Jefferson County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Orange County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Pinellas County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Volusia County, Florida, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Fulton County, Kentucky, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | St Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Butler County, Missouri, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Wayne County, Missouri, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Hancock County, Mississippi, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Hinds County, Mississippi, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Jackson County, Mississippi, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Noxubee County, Mississippi, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Craven County, North Carolina, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Charleston County, South Carolina, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Guadalupe County, Texas, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Texas, Marion County, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Texas, Montgomery County, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Texas, Tyler County, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Texas, United States, Uvalde County | December 31, 2004 | Details |
