Virginia creeper sphinx

Description:

It is a rather small sphinx moth in the family, (Sphingidae). The moth has algae green wings and thorax with two spots on the forewings and a couple larger patches of green color. The hindwings are a dark orange with some black at the bottom. The wingspan is about 40 mm. with a length of 20 mm.

Habitat:

Suburban, Fort Worth, Texas. Found at a 250 watt mercury vapor bulb moth trap. Found at the early hours of night.

Notes:

It is found in southern Ontario and Quebec in Canada , and in the United States is found from Maine south to south Florida; west to North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas. It also can be found in Mexico. But the Mexican one is a different sub-species, (Darapsa myron mexicana), That looks somewhat different compared to myron myron. This specimen was a large male. The caterpillars are known to feed on virginia creeper, Ampelopsis, and grape.