Lintneria separatus

Lintneria separatus, the separated sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1885. It is found from Colorado south through New Mexico and Arizona to Veracruz and Hidalgo in Mexico.^[4]

Separated sphinx
Lintneria separatus ♂
Lintneria separatus ♂ △
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Lintneria
Species:	L. separatus
Binomial name
Lintneria separatus (Neumoegen, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx separatus Neumoegen, 1885[2] Sphinx separatus melaena Rothschild & Jordan, 1916[3]

The wingspan is 110–125 mm. It probably has one brood from late June to early August.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Salvia greggii.