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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 » Darapsa » Azalea Sphinx - Hodges#7886 (Darapsa choerilus)
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Sphinx moth of some kind? - Darapsa choerilus
Copyright © 2008 Sean Callahan

Sphinx moth of some kind? - Darapsa choerilus
Alton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA
August 17, 2008
Was pruning a European cranberry ( Viburnum opulus 'Xanthocarpum' ) and found this hornworm munching away. Could it be a sphinx moth? If so, what kind?
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Contributed by Sean Callahan on 17 August, 2008 - 10:24am
Last updated 17 August, 2008 - 11:47am

We would suggest
Darapsa choerilus - Azalea Sphinx, in the guide here, and Viburnum is one of their foodplants. Nice find!
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2008 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

 
Sphinx moth ID
Great ! Thanks for the quick response.
… Sean Callahan, 17 August, 2008 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

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