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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 » Small-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7825 (Paonias myops)
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Paonias myops
Copyright © 2009 Gloria

Paonias myops
Beckwourth, CA Lat. 39.84 N, Long 120.41 W, Plumas County, California, USA
June 14, 2009
Size: Approx 8 cm
Is this a Smerinthus cerisyi or other related Sphinx type moth? It had bright colors, flashed hindwing "eyes" while fluttering. About 11PM attracted to house flood lamp at about 5,000 ft. elevation.

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Smerinthus cerisyi ? One eyed Sphinx moth? - Paonias myops Smerinthus cerisyi ? One eyed Sphinx moth? - Paonias myops Small Eyed Sphinx - Paonias myops Paonias myops
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Contributed by Gloria on 18 June, 2009 - 12:02am
Last updated 24 June, 2009 - 7:58pm

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It looks like Paonias myops to me
… Mike Hofmann, 18 June, 2009 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Paonias myops
I would agree. I occasionally get this moth in the light trap at about 6,000 ft in the Wasatch Mountains in Utah.
… John L. Richards, 21 June, 2009 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you for the identification of the Paonia myops. I appreciate the help identifying our Small Eyed Sphinx moth visitor.
… Gloria, 18 June, 2009 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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