Pachysphinx modesta
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(Harris, 1839) Smerinthus

Pachysphinx modesta, Hammonds Plains, Halifax County, Nova scotia,
May 28, 2018, courtesy of Krista Melville.

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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)

Pachysphinx modesta, immature larva, Hammonds Plains, Halifax County, Nova scotia,
August 11, 2019, courtesy of Krista Melville.

Pachysphinx modesta, immature larva, Hammonds Plains, Halifax County, Nova scotia,
August 11, 2019, courtesy of Krista Melville.