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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 » Northern Apple Sphinx - Hodges#7810.1 (Sphinx poecila)
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Northern Apple Sphinx - Sphinx poecila
Copyright © 2006 Jim Farrell

Northern Apple Sphinx - Sphinx poecila
Lakewood, Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA
June 21, 2006
Same as the others...I found it at the car wash late at night...but don't know what kind it is

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Contributed by Jim Farrell on 22 June, 2006 - 3:17am
Last updated 10 July, 2006 - 7:56am

Northern Apple Sphinx - Sphinx poecila
Picking Sphinx chersis from Sphinx poecila is easy, but the really problem is separating Sphinx poecila from Sphinx gordius. For years everyone knew about Sphinx gordius. Then suddenly Sphinx gordius, form "poecila" became a species. I missed it phoenix rise to species. Someone must have written a paper stating the necessary prove, but who...well I do not know.
Last night as I was viewing the photos of moths in this site, I saw a photo of Sphinx gordius or was it Sphinx poecila? The photo seemed to be same photo as the left one here now. It was ID as Sphinx gordius last nite. Now it is ID as Sphinx poecila tonight. Well, maybe I am wrong and they are two different photos and both are ID correctly.
… richard m. gillmore, 14 October, 2006 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

This is a guess...
Ash Sphinx Moth


I usually work midnights but I'm off tonight. Need something to stay awake.. After these pictures maybe I should go wash my car!
… gehan gehale, 22 June, 2006 - 3:19am login or register to post comments

 
Northern Apple Sphinx - Sphinx poecila
It looks very close to what you said, but it has two white or silver dots on its wings
… Jim Farrell, 22 June, 2006 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

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