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Tobacco hornworm - Manduca sexta ? - Amorpha juglandis

Tobacco hornworm - Manduca sexta ? - Amorpha juglandis
Benton, PA, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 29, 2009
Size: 2.5"
Found this lovely while hiking waterfall trails in Ricketts Glenn State Park. It confused me as I did not see any tomato or any other general hornworm-type food nearby. It was very pretty, though I never got a shot of its face as it kept it tucked inside.
Beautiful camo as it looked just like a new growth leaf
Do I have the ID correct?

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Moved
Moved from Manduca.

walnut sphinx 7827
Smerinthinae » Smerinthini » Amorpha » Walnut Sphinx - Hodges#7827 (Amorpha juglandis)


this is the walnut sphinx which is why you saw no foodplant nearby
the grainyness and pointy head outlined in yellow are a dead givaway

 
Thanks!
Thanks, Eddie!
I moved it to Amorpha juglandis

Moved
Moved from Arthropods.

 
walnut sphinx 7827
need to be moved again