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Northern Apple Sphinx Moth - Sphinx poecila

Northern Apple Sphinx Moth - Sphinx poecila
City of Greater Sudbury, Fairbank Lake, Ontario, Canada
June 18, 2011
Size: approx 6.5 cm wingspan
I believe this is a Moths » Bombycoidea » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Sphinx »Northern Apple Sphinx - Hodges#7810.1 (Sphinx poecila).

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this view clearly shows the checkered forewing fringe of Sphinx poecila compared to a dark fringe in S. gordius.
Your other photo has nice view of the hindwing fringe.

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