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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 » Lapara » Southern Pine Sphinx - Hodges#7816 (Lapara coniferarum)
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8/31/19 moth 2 - Lapara coniferarum
Copyright © 2019 Lysanders Chamberlan

8/31/19 moth 2 - Lapara coniferarum
Randolph County, Alabama, USA
August 31, 2019

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Contributed by Lysanders Chamberlan on 1 September, 2019 - 1:11am
Last updated 1 September, 2019 - 7:52am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 1 September, 2019 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

Sphinx Moth
Wow, someone or something has removed almost all of the scales from your moth's wings. I'm not sure that any kind of an ID could be relied on here, below the family level. (probably tribe Sphingini)
… Bob Biagi, 1 September, 2019 - 1:24am login or register to post comments

 
Bob, this was so different fr
Bob, this was so different from normal - I also leaned Sphinx but was not sure if there is a translucent winged one I'd not seen. Wonder what can cause such massive scale removal? Been through a car wash
… Lysanders Chamberlan, 1 September, 2019 - 2:14am login or register to post comments

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