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Species Proserpinus flavofasciata - Yellow-Banded Day Sphinx - Hodges#7877

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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 Macroglossinae
Tribe Macroglossini
Genus Proserpinus
Species flavofasciata (Yellow-Banded Day Sphinx - Hodges#7877)
Hodges Number
7877
Size
Wingspan: 39-49 mm.
Identification
The upperside of the forewing is medium to dark brown with a faint to distinct white median band. The upperside of the hindwing is dark brown with a wide orange median band which may not reach the inner margin. The moth mimics a bumblebee.
Range
Alaska south through British Columbia to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado, and from British Columbia east across southern Canada to Nova Scotia and Maine.
Internet References
Silkmoths Bizland
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 28 April, 2005 - 5:04am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, anitagould
Last updated 7 March, 2006 - 4:37am

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