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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 » Paonias » Blinded Sphinx - Hodges#7824 (Paonias excaecata)
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Amorpha juglandis? - Paonias excaecata
Copyright © 2009 Roland Barth

Amorpha juglandis? - Paonias excaecata
Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA
September 22, 2002
Please help with ID - first thought Smerinthus jamaicensis, but now ?
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Contributed by Roland Barth on 7 March, 2009 - 3:55pm
Last updated 26 September, 2009 - 4:18pm

Moved
Moved from Small-eyed Sphinx.
… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2009 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
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… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2009 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Looks more like...
Paonias mypos, with those red blotches. Although the myops I can see have larger red blotches. And it looks like it has some fly eggs on it too!
… Chris Grinter, 7 March, 2009 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks - Paonias myops it is
Thanks - Paonias myops it is - unfortunately no Cats. of this species on BG
Roland
… Roland Barth, 7 March, 2009 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

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