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Lettered Sphinx Moth

Deidamia inscriptum

Description:

Adult forewing light brown to grayish, crossed by dark parallel bands; outer margin deeply scalloped; a small black-and-white spot near the apex, hindwing reddish-brown with a dark terminal band. Caterpillar: "yellow-green with sub-dorsal stripe that runs from horn forward over head to antenna. Yellow oblique lines pass under spiracles on A1 - A7... Horn yellow, often with downward curve...early instars more yellow than green with very long black horn that may be yellow at its apex" - Wagner(1) p.271 — Bug Guide.net

Habitat:

Texas to central Florida, north to New Hampshire, west through southern Quebec & Ontario to North Dakota

2 Comments

BonnieLewis
BonnieLewis 7 years ago

Thank you Forest Dragon!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 7 years ago

Beautiful find!

BonnieLewis
Spotted by
BonnieLewis

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on May 25, 2016
Submitted on May 25, 2016

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