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Xylophanes tersa
The wingspan is 60–80 mm. The upperside of the forewing is pale brown with lavender-gray at the base and has dark brown lines. The upperside of the hindwing is dark brown with a band of whitish, wedge-shaped marks. Adults are on wing from May to October in the north and February to November farther south in the US, and they fly year-round in the tropics. There is one generation in the north and several generations farther south, in Florida and Louisiana, for example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophanes_...
Spotted on Oct 29, 2014
Submitted on Oct 29, 2014
3 Comments
I love this thing it looks like it is made from wood!
..ah found it... black and white
Nice one similar to one of ours. Did you see hind wing colour?