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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 » Smerinthus » Smerinthus astarte - Hodges#7822.2 (Smerinthus astarte)
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Sphinx - Smerinthus astarte
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Sphinx - Smerinthus astarte
Southwest Research Station, close to Portal, Chiricahuas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 13, 2008
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 17 August, 2008 - 1:32pm
Last updated 22 September, 2021 - 1:37pm

Possibly Smerinthus saliceti
Was this at the Southwest Research Station or at higher elevation near by? My apologies for the poorly thought out moves.

I believe that this and your similar Smerinthus with hindwing eyespots having a split blue ring are either astarte (typically at higher elevations) or saliceti (typically at lower elevations). Male genitalia or barcode would confirm identification.

I've botched moving your Smerinthus images enough already so I'll leave it to you to decide where you want them. As it stands, perhaps they should all go the genus. But I guess you could separate them based on whether they came from the bottom of a valley or neat a mountain summit. Please email me if you sort these out so I can update images at MPG. Thanks!
… Steve Nanz, 23 September, 2021 - 5:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from One-eyed Sphinx.
… Steve Nanz, 22 September, 2021 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Smerinthus.
… Jason D. Roberts, 16 November, 2008 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Smetherinus, I think
but I can't decide on which species. Compare in guide.

Were you baiting for moths? You got a nice lot of them.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 August, 2008 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I couldn't figure out the spec. either
I was looking for beetles at the Research Station's two black lights, that are used in the same place every night for weeks. A thunderstorm came through and the beetles stopped coming. The moths got sluggish - so I could move them to natural backgrounds for photos
… margarethe brummermann, 17 August, 2008 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

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