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Species Sagenosoma elsa - Elsa's Sphinx - Hodges#7792

Representative Images

Unk Moth #43 - Sagenosoma elsa Unk Moth #43 - Sagenosoma elsa Unk Moth #43 - Sagenosoma elsa Unk Moth #43 - Sagenosoma elsa Elsa Sphinx - Sagenosoma elsa Sagenosoma elsa Elsa's Sphinx - Sagenosoma elsa - Sagenosoma elsa Sagenosoma elsa larva - Sagenosoma elsa
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Subfamily Sphinginae
Tribe Sphingini
Genus Sagenosoma
Species elsa (Elsa's Sphinx - Hodges#7792)

Hodges Number

7792

Size

wingsapn 7-8.2 cm

Identification

The forewing has a distinctive wide white band along the costa from the base to the apex.

Range

Arizona and the western half of New Mexico north to southern Colorado and southern Utah

Print References

J. P. Tuttle, 2007. Hawk Moths of North America: p. 71; pl. 10.4.(1)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, Pl. 39.6f; p. 243.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison

Works Cited

1.The Hawk Moths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada.
James P Tuttle. 2007. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation Inc.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 21 April, 2007 - 9:25pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Blocky
Last updated 11 September, 2016 - 11:03pm

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