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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) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Sphinx » Clemens' Sphinx - Hodges#7811 (Sphinx luscitiosa)
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Hawk moth (Sphingidae) - Sphinx luscitiosa
Copyright © 2009 James Bailey

Hawk moth (Sphingidae) - Sphinx luscitiosa
Beaverhill Lake, Alberta, Canada
June 25, 2009
Like a Wild Cherry Sphinx but with yellow and black hindwings and body. I studied all the Alberta species but haven't come across this one before.

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Hawk moth (Sphingidae) - Sphinx luscitiosa Hawk moth (Sphingidae) - Sphinx luscitiosa Hawk moth (Sphingidae) - Sphinx luscitiosa
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Contributed by James Bailey on 25 June, 2009 - 8:58pm
Last updated 17 April, 2012 - 10:48pm

Sphinx luscitiosa
Sphinx luscitiosa
… Edna Woodward, 25 June, 2009 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
never heard of this one before. Is it rare?
… James Bailey, 26 June, 2009 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

 
google WLSS silkmoth and go t
google WLSS silkmoth and go to the sphinx pages..it appears to be quite rare...too bad you didnt get a better pic of the wings..but they (sphinx) are terribly hard to photograph. ive spent days trying to get a decent pic of the underwings of Sphinx sequoiae..used light sheets and practicly frozen them in the ref. its difficult. they are jumpy as all get out, and when you capture them they really beat themselves up fast.
… Edna Woodward, 28 June, 2009 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

 
No need to Google anything.
All you have to do is click the Info tab for this page and read the information I put there 4 years ago, arranged by category for quick access.

The whole point of my adding information to BugGuide's Info pages is so that people don't have to waste their time (and my time) duplicating the effort I've already made. Before you go off Googling in the future, why not check the Info page first? The information might already be there -- as it was in this case.
… Robin McLeod, 21 November, 2009 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Will do
I admit the info pages are usually very informative.
… James Bailey, 29 June, 2009 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

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