| Moths of North Dakota |
Sphingidae: Smerinthinae |
Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury 1773)
| Common name: Twin-spotted sphinx.
Hodges #: 7821. Identification: Rfw 25 mm, hw costal margin evenly convex, ocellatus consisting of (usually) two blue spots on a black field, pink discal area and tan outer margin sharply defined. Distribution: southern Canada and United States, absent from most of U.S. west of the Rockeis. Hosts: Larvae feed on a wide variety of tree species including
Populus-- poplar, aspen, Salix-- willow, Betula--
birch, Fraxinus-- ash, Ulmus-- elm, Prunus--
cherry, plum, and Malus-- apple.. |
ND Ransom Co., A annex allotment, Sheyenne Natl. grasslands. T134N R53W Sec. 8. Hg/UV lt. 23- VII- 1992. D. Cuthrell. |
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