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Bright green

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Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Lovely, Xylophanes pluto, Pluto Sphinx. Were the underwings orange?

melisa
melisa 11 years ago

I did see the underwings. But, it does look very similar to the darapsa myron

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

This looks like a species of Sphinx Moth (Family Sphingidae). I am not sure of the exact species. There are a couple that can have green coloration. Did you happen to see the underwings? If you did, what color were they?
It reminds me a bit of Darapsa myron - Virginia Creeper. See what you think:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3568

melisa
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melisa

Edinburg, Texas, USA

Spotted on Jun 1, 2012
Submitted on Aug 17, 2012

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