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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) » Smerinthinae » Smerinthini » Pachysphinx » Modest Sphinx - Hodges#7828 (Pachysphinx modesta)
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Unknown Gas Station Moth - Pachysphinx modesta
Copyright © 2008 Christina Swan

Unknown Gas Station Moth - Pachysphinx modesta
Missouri, USA
June 20, 2008
Size: about 3"
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Unknown Gas Station Moth - Pachysphinx modesta Unknown Gas Station Moth - Pachysphinx modesta
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Contributed by Christina Swan on 21 June, 2008 - 12:05am
Last updated 16 November, 2008 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Jason D. Roberts, 16 November, 2008 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 2 July, 2008 - 12:32am login or register to post comments

Hmm now I am thinking Modest Sphinx?
I have trouble telling all these sphinx moths apart. I happened to stumble upon a picture of Pachysphinx modesta and I am thinking this might be it...am I way off base?
… Christina Swan, 21 June, 2008 - 12:50am login or register to post comments

 
I agree
This is a Modest Sphinx, also known as the Big Poplar Sphinx; more info here.
… Bobby Grizzard, 21 June, 2008 - 2:57am login or register to post comments

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