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Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciata)? - Eumorpha fasciatus
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Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciata)? - Eumorpha fasciatus
Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
December 1, 2007
Size: ~80 mm

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Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciata)? - Eumorpha fasciatus Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciata)? - Eumorpha fasciatus
Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 5 December, 2007 - 6:03pm
Last updated 27 July, 2009 - 5:59pm

Host plant looks right, too
- I'm not familiar with this species, but the flowers and developing seed pods definitely look right for Onagraceae, Evening Primrose family.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 5 December, 2007 - 6:17pm

 
The plant is in the genus Lud
The plant is in the genus Ludwigia.
… Ryan, 5 December, 2007 - 7:32pm

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