Common name: Waved sphinx
Hodges #: 7787.
Identification: Rfw 43 mm, fw shades of gray with prominent
black dashes, outer margin evenly convex. Abdomen with lateral
white and black markings tending to form stripes.
Similar species: 7786, 7789--
see key.
Distribution: United States, and southern Canada, east of the
Rockies.
Hosts: Major host in ND, Fraxinus-- Ash and possibly
Quercus-- oak.
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ND Richland Co., Iron pond, Sheyenne Natl.
Grassland. T135N R52W Sec. 8. Hg/ UV lt. 5- VI- 1993. D.
Cuthrell.
MN, Hubbard Co., Nevis. pic. J. Weber.. |