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Northern Pine Sphinx - Hodges#7817 (Lapara bombycoides)
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Copyright © 2015
Nelson DeBarros
Larva -
Lapara bombycoides
Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut, USA
September 20, 2014
Observed in area dominated by Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) and dry sandplain vegetation- adjacent to Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) wetland.
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Contributed by
Nelson DeBarros
on 23 January, 2015 - 9:55am
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 12:35pm
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Probably
L. bombycoides
and not L. coniferarum based on location and association with white pine. Had pitch pine been reported at this location I would be less sure about my determination without seeing a lateral or central view of this specimen.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 23 January, 2015 - 12:35pm
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maybe Lapara
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metrioptera
, 23 January, 2015 - 10:10am
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