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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Carpenter and Leopard Moths (Cossidae) » Cossinae » Prionoxystus » Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2693 (Prionoxystus robiniae)
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unusual sphingid moth - Prionoxystus robiniae
Copyright © 2014 Jim Petranka

unusual sphingid moth - Prionoxystus robiniae
Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina, USA
June 16, 2014
Size: wing span = 88 mm
This is a very large moth (88 mm wing span; 48 mm TL) that I think is a sphingid, but the patterning doesn't match any species that I have seen. I am including a second image that shows the back wings and abdomen (dark with no spotting).

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Contributed by Jim Petranka on 17 June, 2014 - 7:19pm
Last updated 14 August, 2014 - 11:49pm

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… john and jane balaban, 10 July, 2014 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

a cossid, rather
… metrioptera, 17 June, 2014 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
moth id
Thanks so much for the id - it's an impressive moth! Jim.
… Jim Petranka, 17 June, 2014 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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