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Tersa sphinx moth

Xylophanes tersa

Description:

It is a medium sized sphinx moth that has a wavy brown forewings and a black with white spooed hindwings.The moth also has some red stripes.These moths were the caterpillars of the same species in ome of my previous spotting.

Habitat:

Pentas plants

Notes:

They will eat everything of the pentas that you have.

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Ornithoptera80
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Ornithoptera80

Haltom City, Texas, USA

Spotted on Sep 28, 2019
Submitted on Sep 28, 2019

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