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I spotted these female hawk moths around 3PM and the males starting at 5PM.
The female hawk moths were pollination Pink Lady's Thumb (Persicaria vulgaris) around the edge of a dried up lake at Jackson Bottom Wetland reserve in Cornelius, Oregon. I found the males out patrolling the field of flowers in the lake bed a little bit later in the day and I'm working on getting a better picture of them.
Spotted on Oct 3, 2014
Submitted on Oct 5, 2014
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Noctuidae, not Sphingidae.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/173/bgpage...
Reminds me of the Silver Y Moth of Europe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Y
Maybe it is from the same subfamily Plusiinae, but I did not find a reasonable match.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/12377/bgpa...