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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 » Dilophonotini » Enyo » Mournful Sphinx - Hodges#7851 (Enyo lugubris)
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moth - Enyo lugubris
Copyright © 2019 Odin Toness

moth - Enyo lugubris
Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA
October 10, 2019
Size: 30 mm
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Contributed by Odin Toness on 10 October, 2019 - 3:00pm
Last updated 11 October, 2019 - 7:54am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 11 October, 2019 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

Looks like...
Enyo lugubris (Mournful Sphinx) ... a female.

Curiously, most female Enyo lugubris pics I looked at show dark patches on fore wings. Most pics of Enyo lugubris with the lighter wing coloration as above are of males.

But not all. Some females do have the lighter coloration.
… Kurt Foster, 10 October, 2019 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

Enyo lugubris (Mournful Sphin
Enyo lugubris (Mournful Sphinx Moth)?

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 10 October, 2019 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

Sphyngidae
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