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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 » Vashti Sphinx - Hodges#7803 (Sphinx vashti)
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Unidentified moth - Sphinx vashti
Copyright © 2012 Bob Chinn

Unidentified moth - Sphinx vashti
Glacier National Park, Flathead County, Montana, USA
Size: 74 X 31 mm
This specimen is housed in the Glacier National Park archive with very little information attached. The tag and database list the species as, "Hyloicus vancouverensis Edwards" , but I can find no reference to this. There is no collection sight or date listed. The specimen measures 74 X 31 mm. Will appreciate any help in identifying the correct current species.

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Contributed by Bob Chinn on 31 March, 2012 - 6:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 31 March, 2012 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Wow! You sure do move fast! Thanks for the ID and the synonym info.
… Bob Chinn, 31 March, 2012 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

From Holland
(1)
Hyloicus vancouverensis Edwards.
Syn. vashti Strecker.

There are two forms of this hawkmoth, one, Hyloicus vancouverensis vancouverensis in which the middle of the thorax is pale gray, and the other, Hyloicus vancouverensis albescens, which has a very dark thorax, and which is figured on our plate. The moth is found from northern California to British Columbia, and eastward to Montana and Alberta.
… john and jane balaban, 31 March, 2012 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Synonym
Well, that's proof enough for me!
… Ryan St Laurent, 31 March, 2012 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

A number of Sphinx look like this.
Someone will recognize it for you.

EDIT: Looks like Ryan did!
… john and jane balaban, 31 March, 2012 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Sphingid
Sphinx vashti is my best guess. Let's see if anyone else confirms/disputes this ID before I move it to the correct species page.
… Ryan St Laurent, 31 March, 2012 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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