Pachysphinx modesta, the Modest Sphinx

Pachysphinx modesta
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(Harris, 1839) Smerinthus

Pachysphinx modesta, Gaylord, Otsego County, Michigan,
July 12, 2008, courtesy of Alison Sklarczyk.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Smerinthini, Grote & Robinson, 1865
Genus: Pachysphinx Rothschild and Jordan, 1903
Species: modesta (Harris, 1839)

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