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Oenotrus Sphinx

Erinnyis oenotrus

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Field Notes

Description:

Some type of Sphinx...I get lots of them...Found it in the fence of my house in the daytime but resting.

Habitat:

Gallery Forest. 900 Meters-3000 feet above sea level, next to Tanaca National Park, a Pasture , and in a Garden with Endemic trees, plants and flowers of Costa Rica.

Species ID Suggestions

Oenotrus Sphinx

Erinnyis oenotrus

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Comments (4)
bayucca
Note the reddish, double-lined bow and yellowish patch on the forewing. I could see these markings only in Oenotrus.
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Thank you so much bayucca...What do you think about this one? the jagged wings are so familiar when I was looking at it....? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinnyis_obscura
bayucca
Sphingidae, Macroglossinae, Dilophonotini, Erinnyis oenotrus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinnyis_oenotrus http://www.silkmoths.m.bizland.com/Sphinx/eoenotru.htm

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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019

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