Paonias excaecata, the Blinded Sphinx

Paonias excaecata
(J. E. Smith, 1797) Sphinx

Paonias excaecata, Oregon, from larva found on apple,
June 30, 2009, courtesy of Edna Woodward.

Paonias excaecata female, Wolf Creek, Josephine County, Oregon,
July 29, 2011, courtesy of Edna Woodward.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Smerinthini, Grote & Robinson, 1865
Genus: Paonias Hubner, [1819]
Species: excaecata (J.E. Smith, 1797)

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