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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Sphecodina » Abbott's Sphinx - Hodges#7870 (Sphecodina abbottii)
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Sphecodina abbottii
Copyright © 2007 june2004

Sphecodina abbottii
Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, USA
May 7, 2007
Size: 2.25"
iridescent wings

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Contributed by june2004 on 12 May, 2007 - 7:38pm
Last updated 15 May, 2008 - 2:28pm

7870 -- Abbot's Sphinx Moth -- Sphecodina abbotti
There has been one visiting my walk-in (by me) live moth trap each night now for more than a week (in Bowie, MD).
… Bob Patterson, 12 May, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Sphinx moth
Thanks! That was fast. I think that is it.
… june2004, 12 May, 2007 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Bob
- turns out I was looking in the wrong tribe : )
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 12 May, 2007 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Cropped to show more detail
- looks like a sphinx moth but browsing that section I don't find an exact match for these scalloped wings.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 12 May, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

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