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Southern Pine Sphinx - Hodges#7816 (Lapara coniferarum)
Photo#806548
Copyright © 2013
Marcia Morris
Lapara bombycoides -
Lapara coniferarum
Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
July 18, 2013
Lapara bombycoides - Northern Pine Sphinx - Hodges #7817
first in this guide for Virginia
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Contributed by
Marcia Morris
on 18 July, 2013 - 5:12am
Last updated 18 July, 2013 - 7:57am
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I'm thinking this individual may actually be
Lapara coniferarum
, but
L. bombycoides
is surely in your area in western VA. But the southern locale and lighter AM/PM lines and less contrasting overall appearance definitely seem closer to
L. coniferarum
in my mind.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 18 July, 2013 - 7:57am
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