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Tersa Sphinx Moth

Sphingidae

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bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Tersa sphinx
Xylophanes tersa Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera


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bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

@if you give a fox a biscuit: You were absolutely NOT wrong! Tersa is actually a Hawk moth which are sometimes also called Sphinx or Hornworms. Scientific name is Sphingidae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae

forgivensinner85
forgivensinner85 12 years ago

Woohoo, thanks for helping identify it!

If you give a fox a biscuit
If you give a fox a biscuit 12 years ago

I was wrong. It's a tersa sphinx moth. Yay!

If you give a fox a biscuit
If you give a fox a biscuit 12 years ago

I think that is possibly a hawk moth. I have a similar picture of one.

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Monroe, Louisiana, USA

Spotted on Sep 18, 2010
Submitted on Jan 22, 2012

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