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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.
Comments: NULL

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Region: Orange County, Florida, United States
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Region: Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States
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Region: Craven County, North Carolina, United States
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Region: Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
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Region: Fulton County, Kentucky, United States
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Region: Hinds County, Mississippi, United States
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Region: Texas, Marion County, United States
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Region: Texas, United States, Uvalde County
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Region: Hernando County, Florida, United States
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Region: Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Region: Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States
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Region: Broward County, Florida, United States
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Region: Pinellas County, Florida, United States
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Region: Wayne County, Missouri, United States
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Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
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Region: Duval County, Florida, United States
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Region: Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Region: Jackson County, Mississippi, United States
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Region: Texas, Montgomery County, United States
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Region: Jefferson County, Florida, United States
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Region: Butler County, Missouri, United States
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Region: Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States
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Region: Collier County, Florida, United States
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Region: Volusia County, Florida, United States
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