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Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciatus)
Photo#159862
Copyright © 2007
Graham Montgomery
Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciata)? -
Eumorpha fasciatus
Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
December 1, 2007
Size: ~80 mm
On the linked plant.
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Contributed by
Graham Montgomery
on 5 December, 2007 - 6:02pm
Last updated 5 December, 2007 - 7:57pm
Looks right
- it's very like this one -
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 5 December, 2007 - 6:03pm
Definitely a banded sphinx
The correct spelling of the species is Eumorpha fasciatus.
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Ryan
, 5 December, 2007 - 7:33pm
Thanks for the correction
- I checked All-Leps, which we use as our reference for names, and indeed they have E. fasciatus as the correct spelling. I switched the info page around so fasciata is now listed as the synonym, not fasciatus.
"Mothguy", please fill out your bio page and tell us a little more about your background. It seems to me you know your moths, but it is not unusual on this site for anonymous users to speak with great authority and yet be totally wrong in their comments, so it really helps all our users to know whom the comments are coming from.
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 6 December, 2007 - 1:22pm
ok
I'll add some more info. I'm not speaking with "great authority" I'm just helping people with what I know. I'm not an "expert," just a great enthusiast on Saturniidae and Sphingidae. And I hope none of my comments have been totally wrong as of yet.
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Ryan
, 6 December, 2007 - 4:42pm
Quite the opposite.
My comments are certainly not meant to apply to you specifically, but they do apply to some anonymous users and that's why anonymity is a problem - if there's no way to tell whether a comment comes from an expert in the field, an experienced amateur, or someone making wild guesses based perhaps on a children's bug encyclopedia. Not only contributors but editors need to know how confident we should be about IDs made here, so that images can be located correctly in the guide. Thanks!
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 6 December, 2007 - 5:34pm
I see
Hope I can be as much as a help to the site as I possibly can. :)
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Ryan
, 6 December, 2007 - 5:48pm
Thanks for the help,
Hannah and moth guy. Maybe we can have an editor change the guide page; it is spelled the same as mine. Thanks again!
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Graham Montgomery
, 5 December, 2007 - 7:59pm