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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 » Smerinthus » Smerinthus astarte - Hodges#7822.2 (Smerinthus astarte)
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caterpillar - Smerinthus astarte
Copyright © 2012 nancy l

caterpillar - Smerinthus astarte
Boulder County, Colorado, USA
July 2, 2012
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Contributed by nancy l on 4 September, 2012 - 11:30am
Last updated 24 September, 2021 - 4:49pm

Moved
Moved from One-eyed Sphinx.
… Steve Nanz, 24 September, 2021 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved- Not S. chersis
Moved from ID Request.

This is Smerinthus cerisyi. Although both Sphinx chersis and Smerinthus cerisyi can have blue caudal horns, Sphinx chersis lacks the defined subdorsal stripe that is frequently present in larvae of the genus Smerinthus.
… Ryan St Laurent, 4 September, 2012 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

looks like
Great Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7802 (Sphinx chersis) with that blue horn
… Edna Woodward, 4 September, 2012 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

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