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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 ophthalmica - Hodges#7822.1 (Smerinthus ophthalmica)
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moth in the San Bernardino Nationl Forest/Mountains, across the street from Lake Gregory - Smerinthus ophthalmica
Copyright © 2013 discogypsy

moth in the San Bernardino Nationl Forest/Mountains, across the street from Lake Gregory - Smerinthus ophthalmica
Crestline, California, USA
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Contributed by discogypsy on 13 August, 2013 - 5:35am
Last updated 24 September, 2021 - 4:41pm

Moved
Moved from One-eyed Sphinx.
… Steve Nanz, 24 September, 2021 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Ryan St Laurent, 26 August, 2013 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 25 August, 2013 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

This moth is..
Smerinthus ophthalmica
… discogypsy, 15 August, 2013 - 5:29am login or register to post comments

hawkmoth
Smerinthus cerisyi?
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 13 August, 2013 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
great job Kelsey,and thanks for the quick id!
sure enough,google has all types of picts of the hawkmoth(Smerinthus cerisyi)today.yesterday when i searched by picture to id they had none .err .:)
… discogypsy, 14 August, 2013 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

 
No problem! I used this site
No problem! I used this site, which seemed useful:

http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/usatable.htm

Nice - they have listings by state.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 14 August, 2013 - 2:17am login or register to post comments

 
great link i went there and...
I posted this same picture and info on an email to him.Looks like he didn't have any yet from SanBernardino county(where this is from) cool!
… discogypsy, 14 August, 2013 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
the owner of that site emailed me back and said
the moth id is, Smerinthus ophthalmica. :) It sure is a Beauty!
… discogypsy, 15 August, 2013 - 5:32am login or register to post comments

 
Hunh - ophthalamicus? Looks
Hunh - ophthalamicus? Looks like a junior synonym of Smerinthus cerisyi...
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 August, 2013 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Smerinthus ophthalmica was re
Smerinthus ophthalmica was recently resurrected to validity as a species. I will get around to making a guide page soon, hopefully.
… Ryan St Laurent, 26 August, 2013 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Update?
Any update on when the ophthalmica page might be added :)
… Crawlies with Cri, 27 March, 2015 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

 
Oh fascinating! Thanks for t
Oh fascinating! Thanks for the tip!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 26 August, 2013 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

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