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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 » Amorpha » Walnut Sphinx - Hodges#7827 (Amorpha juglandis)
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Tennessee Sphinx moth species? - Amorpha juglandis - female
Copyright © 2011 Elin Pierce

Tennessee Sphinx moth species? - Amorpha juglandis - Female
Shelby Forest, Shelby County, TN, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
August 20, 2011
Size: 2 inches long
I think this may be a species of sphinx moth. It was "sleeping" in the garden shade. I have never seen this one - although I have found the Walnut Sphinx Moth.
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Contributed by Elin Pierce on 2 September, 2011 - 7:25pm
Last updated 5 May, 2018 - 10:04am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 19 September, 2011 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

Female Walnut Sphinx
This is a female Walnut Sphinx. The females have slightly broader wings and heavier abdomens than males. They also lack some of the darker patches on the wings that are present on males, which could explain some of the differences between this specimen and other Walnut Sphinxes you've seen...
… Paul Dennehy, 19 September, 2011 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

Actually
This looks like it is also probably a Walnut Sphinx. Compare the lines on your moth to this individual and see what you think.
… cwhit1, 2 September, 2011 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
some dissimiliarities to Walnut Sphinx
The wings do look similar in pattern to a Walnut, but I thought the abdomen looks different -- both fatter and straight. (And this moth is much paler than the walnut-colored Walnut that I have seen previously). They are about the same size however.
… Elin Pierce, 6 September, 2011 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

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