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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) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Sphinx » Great Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7802 (Sphinx chersis)
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Sphinx moth - Sphinx chersis
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Sphinx moth - Sphinx chersis
Rovana 13 miles north of Bishop, Inyo County, California, USA
May 18, 2016
Size: Approx. 2 in.

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Sphinx moth - Sphinx chersis Sphinx moth - Sphinx chersis
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Contributed by bugnut on 19 May, 2016 - 8:46pm
Last updated 1 February, 2017 - 11:08am

Moved
Moved from Sphinx.
… Teá Montagna, 1 February, 2017 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 20 May, 2016 - 6:39am login or register to post comments

To me this looks more like Sp
To me this looks more like Sphinx chersis - the thorax on S. perelegans is much darker, without the two distinct dark lines on a pale background.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 20 May, 2016 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

 
Moth
I took off the Elegant even though its pretty elegant. That will teach me to put a name on it using a picture I did not scrutinize carefully. Gary
… bugnut, 20 May, 2016 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

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