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Modest Sphinx Moth - Pachysphinx modesta
Copyright © 2007 Werner Eigelsreiter

Modest Sphinx Moth - Pachysphinx modesta
Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
July 11, 2007
Size: ~ 100 mm
Found early in the morning. It stayed in the sun for a while and then flew around until it found a shady place.
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Contributed by Werner Eigelsreiter on 11 July, 2007 - 2:49pm
Last updated 9 August, 2007 - 11:24am

Moved
Moved from Pachysphinx.
… J.D. Roberts, 9 August, 2007 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

Agreed
Your ID is correct. This is indeed almost certainly Pachysphinx modesta. According to the CBIF list occidentalis does not occur in British Columbia. In fact, according to Bill Oehlke's Sphingidae of Alberta site and confirmed by the website of the Alberta Entomology Collection, modesta is the only one of the two in either BC or Alberta. So I believe we can say with a degree of confidence that yours ID is correct.

Great image by the way!
… J.D. Roberts, 9 August, 2007 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

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