| Moths of North Dakota |
Sphingidae: Sphinginae |
Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens 1859
| Common name: Clemens' hawkmoth.
Hodges #: 7811. Identification: Rfw 37.2 mm, fws pale with darker costa and tornus, dhw median dark band obsolescent to absent, outer margin black before fringe. Ventral wings without dark median band. Similar species: 7809, 7810, 7810.1, 7812. Distribution: temperate and northern U. S. and central and southern Canada, mostly east of the Rockies. Hosts: Larvae feed on Salix-- willow, Populus--
Poplar, and Betula-- birch. |
MI Clare Co., Wilson St. Pk, 10- VI- 1974, coll. B. Stiles.
Same specimen, ventral view. |
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