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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 » Eumorpha » Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciatus)
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Unknown moth/butterfly? - Eumorpha fasciatus
Copyright © 2016 chance123

Unknown moth/butterfly? - Eumorpha fasciatus
Apopka, Orange County, Florida, USA
September 29, 2016
Size: Large
having trouble identifying this one. i thought it was a sphinx moth for a while but i couldnt find any pictures that matched it
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Contributed by chance123 on 29 September, 2016 - 12:53pm
Last updated 22 December, 2016 - 9:29am

Moved
Moved from Gaudy Sphinx.
… Teá Montagna, 22 December, 2016 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Teá Montagna, 9 November, 2016 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Um, did you mean to move this to labruscae?
You said before it was fasciatus.
… Alex Harman, 9 November, 2016 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Whoops
Yes, I moved it to the wrong spot.
… Teá Montagna, 22 December, 2016 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Strange
This is a female Eumorpha fasciatus... is it dead? It looks like it was greased or like painted?
… Teá Montagna, 9 November, 2016 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Aaron Hunt, 4 October, 2016 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

I'd guess a melanistic Eumorp
I'd guess a melanistic Eumorpha fasciatus, but the lines don't quite seem to match. Maybe a Neotropical stray or escaped rearing?
… jim sogaard, 29 September, 2016 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you!
as another commenter suggested, i believe this to be a white-lined sphinx, but melanistic!

edit: actually i think the species you mentioned has closer coloring than a white-lined sphinx
… chance123, 29 September, 2016 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a white-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata) that was hit
with something (oil-based insecticidal spray?) that seriously discolored it.
… Skip Blanchard, 29 September, 2016 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Wish I could help ...
The abdomen definitely looks like a sphinx, but I don't recognize.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 29 September, 2016 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

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