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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) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Xylophanes » Tersa Sphinx - Hodges#7890 (Xylophanes tersa)
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Tersa Sphinx - Xylophanes tersa
Copyright © 2010 Sue Lukens

Tersa Sphinx - Xylophanes tersa
Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA
October 14, 2008
Size: 3-4"
dead when I found it

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Tersa Sphinx - Xylophanes tersa Tersa Sphinx - Xylophanes tersa Tersa Sphinx - Xylophanes tersa
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Contributed by Sue Lukens on 10 September, 2010 - 10:13am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Nina, 10 September, 2010 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

I would agree...
...with Carmen.

I linked your images assuming that all images are of the same moth. If it happens to be that there was more than one moth they will need to be unlink. Just let me know and I will unlink them if you are unsure of how to do so.
… Ron M., 10 September, 2010 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
correct
same moth, as I'm a new user, I was unfamiliar with the tools.
… Sue Lukens, 10 September, 2010 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

Appears to be...
... a Tersa sphinx, Xylophanes tersa .
… Carmen Champagne, 10 September, 2010 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

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