moth - Hemaris diffinis

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… Jason D. Roberts, 28 January, 2016 - 8:10pm

Hemaris diffinis

The giveaway here is the yellow/orange anal tufts. On H. thetis the anal tuft is solid black. While on diffinis the the anal tuft is black with an yellow/orange stripe down the middle.

Also present but slightly less obvious is the striped appearance of the thorax. In thetis the hair coloration would be uniform.

"According to Schmidt (2009), these species differ consistently in three traits: 1) the anal tuft of scales is solid black or black with some dorsal yellow hairs in H. thetis, not solid yellow centrally as in H. diffinis; 2) the dorsal thorax and basal abdominal segments are even olive in H. thetis, orange-yellow with pale yelllow subdorsal hairs that produce a striped appearance in H. diffinis; and 3) the subdorsal yellow strip does not extend through the fourth abdominal segment in H. thetis but extends through this segment in H. diffinis."

… Will Bernstein, 7 July, 2015 - 4:26pm

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… Kyhl Austin, 14 June, 2015 - 1:52am

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… Kyhl Austin, 14 June, 2015 - 1:49am

I suggest

Hemaris thetis - Hodges#7855.1

… Marcia Morris, 9 June, 2015 - 6:33am

Based on eastern location

would this clearwing be H. diffinis ?

… Cliff Ivy, 9 June, 2015 - 8:25am

Thanks for your feedback Marcia and Cliff-

my guess had been H. diffinis (see above)- does H. thetis occur in Ontario?

… sh11, 9 June, 2015 - 8:52am

apparently ..

the larvae does - check out this discussion thread

this moth is very "Hemaris thetis-like" ... 8-)

… Marcia Morris, 9 June, 2015 - 5:45pm

Wow!

That is really neat- thanks very much for the information Marcia.

… sh11, 10 June, 2015 - 4:51pm

Moth

I've always heard they were called Hummingbird Moths.

… Josh, 8 June, 2015 - 8:33pm

Thanks

very much for the feedback Josh!

… sh11, 9 June, 2015 - 5:58am