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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 » Macroglossini » Eumorpha » Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciatus)
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What species of moth? (Family Saturniidae, maybe??) - Eumorpha fasciatus
Copyright © 2015 skybutton

What species of moth? (Family Saturniidae, maybe??) - Eumorpha fasciatus
Payne's Prairie, next to route 441, Alachua County, Florida, USA
August 24, 2015
Size: ~40cm long (unk wingspan)
I found this moth maybe an hour or so after sunset.
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Contributed by skybutton on 26 November, 2015 - 1:35am
Last updated 28 January, 2016 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Teá Montagna, 28 January, 2016 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.

Congratulations to Bob for recognizing this species from the ventral view of the wings. I am sure he is right, but I notice that the referenced photograph also gives a dorsal view of the same specimen, so I do feel comfortable placing to species. We do not often identify species from this view only.

I see this beautiful moth often and have not personally seen it with it's wings folded together.
… A. Hendrickson, 26 November, 2015 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Sphinx Moth
The stripe on the abdomen looks like this one:
Banded Sphinx, Eumorpha fasciatus: Here is a side shot: Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 26 November, 2015 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

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