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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 » Hyles » White-lined Sphinx - Hodges#7894 (Hyles lineata)
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Sphinx Moth Caterpillar? - Hyles lineata
Copyright © 2009 Shelly Cox

Sphinx Moth Caterpillar? - Hyles lineata
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
August 19, 2009
Size: 2 inches
Found this beautiful caterpillar along with 3 others feeding on 4 O'Clocks. I think it is a sphinx moth of some kind, any ideas?
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Contributed by Shelly Cox on 19 August, 2009 - 5:54pm
Last updated 24 September, 2009 - 6:08pm

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I'm so cute..I'm a white line
I'm so cute..I'm a white lined sphinx cat..
Hyles lineata - White-lined Sphinx 7894 - Hyles lineata and when i grow up im gonna look like this
… Edna Woodward, 19 August, 2009 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
LOL, very adorable. They must
LOL, very adorable. They must vary a lot in color, all the images of this species had a dark line running down their back. Thank you for the ID.
… Shelly Cox, 19 August, 2009 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

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