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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 » Ceratomia » Catalpa Sphinx - Hodges#7789 (Ceratomia catalpae)
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Which sphinx? - Ceratomia catalpae
Copyright © 2018 the sego sago kid

Which sphinx? - Ceratomia catalpae
Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 11, 2018
Not sure. I'm thinking maybe a catalpa sphinx?

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Which sphinx? - Ceratomia catalpae Which sphinx? - Ceratomia catalpae Which sphinx? - Ceratomia catalpae
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Contributed by the sego sago kid on 11 July, 2018 - 7:14am
Last updated 10 September, 2018 - 5:39pm

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… Marcia Morris, 10 September, 2018 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

Sphinx
The gray inside the reniform spots and shape of the PM line make me think this is Ceratomia catalpae – Catalpa Sphinx Moth.
… John Morgan, 11 July, 2018 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John! That's what I s
Thanks John! That's what I suspected
… the sego sago kid, 11 July, 2018 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

 
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