Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog

Project Noah

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!

Project Noah Nature School

White-Lined Sphinx Moth

Hyles lineata

Spotting Image 1

Tweet

Description:

White-Lined Sphinx Moth on the roof eave of my house porch. Approximately 1.5 inches long. The White-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives from Central America, through the United States and into parts of Canada.

Habitat:

Roof eave of urban house porch.

1 Species ID Suggestions

ConorSheaWing 11 years ago

White Lined Sphinx

Hyles lineata

Sign in to suggest organism ID

5 Comments

misako 11 years ago

Thanks Yuko!

YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Gorgeous and furry! I wish I could pet it!

ConorSheaWing 11 years ago

No problem.

misako 11 years ago

Thank you for the ID ConorSheaWing!

ConorSheaWing 11 years ago

Beautiful moth, I've encountered a few of these and they're fairly common.

Sign in to comment

Spotted by
misako

California, USA

Spotted on Feb 2, 2013
Submitted on Feb 7, 2013

Spotted for Missions

Related Spottings

Nearby Spottings

Favorites

Reference

Tags

moth brown moth berkeley emeryville oakland california white lined sphinx moth sphinx moth hyles lineata white-lined sphinx moth hyles white-lined white lined

Noah Guardians

Noah Sponsors

Join the Project Noah Team

© Project Noah | 2024