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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 » Dilophonotini » Aellopos » Titan Sphinx  - Hodges#7849 (Aellopos titan)
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Aellepos titan - Aellopos titan
Copyright © 2014 John Kaye

Aellepos titan - Aellopos titan
Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 23, 2014
Size: 1.5"
Photographing Buff-bellied Hummingbird when this moth flew by. First time I've seen one. I am fairly certain it is one of the Hummingbird moth species but the dark back and broad white band are befuddling me. Not even sure which genus it might be. Wings do not appear to be clear and unfortunately the moth was in constant flight.
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Contributed by John Kaye on 23 November, 2014 - 8:53pm
Last updated 25 November, 2014 - 9:35am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tony Leukering, 25 November, 2014 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

Nice photo
but it would help with identification if you could crop to the "bug".
… Cliff Ivy, 24 November, 2014 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

 
Oops
I usually do but not this time.
… John Kaye, 24 November, 2014 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Aellopos, I think - my guess
Aellopos, I think - my guess is A. titan since I can see a wide white area on the hindwing (blurred but clearly present). A. clavipes lacks a defined white area on the hindwing, and A. fadus has a spot, not a wider area.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 24 November, 2014 - 4:15am login or register to post comments

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