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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 » Macroglossini » Hyles » White-lined Sphinx - Hodges#7894 (Hyles lineata)
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hornworm ID please - Hyles lineata
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hornworm ID please - Hyles lineata
San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
August 15, 2021
Size: varied from 1" to 5"
Yellow in color with black lines eating purslane

I suspected White-lined Spinx but it is yellow with black stripes?

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hornworm ID please - Hyles lineata hornworm ID please - Hyles lineata
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Contributed by Tally on 16 August, 2021 - 8:18am
Last updated 16 August, 2021 - 10:03am

Click on images and then on caterpillars here
and see all the different color forms of lineata - a lovely multicolored species
… john and jane balaban, 16 August, 2021 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 16 August, 2021 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

Hyles lineata
Hyles lineata
… Hexapoda, 16 August, 2021 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
ID of yellow hornworm pics ?
Thank you,
I suspected White-lined Sphynx Moth but they were all definitely yellow with black lines?
… Tally, 16 August, 2021 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

 
H. lineata does have a stripe
H. lineata does have a striped form:
… Hexapoda, 16 August, 2021 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

 
yes but yellow?
yes but yellow?
… Tally, 16 August, 2021 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

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