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Tersa Sphinx moth

Xylophanes tersa

Photo by LuisStevens
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Field Notes

Description:

Tersa Sphinx moth. It never fails, everytime I road travel I stop at the services stations with my pocket camera to see what I find, mostly moths because they leave the lights on all night. Today I had a nice surprise.

Habitat:

Semi tropical forest.

Reference Links:

Xylophanes tersa

Species ID Suggestions

Tersa Sphinx

Xylophanes tersa

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (2)
LuisStevens
Thank you very much Bayucca for the ID and the several links.
bayucca
Should be Xylophanes tersa. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/XylophanestersaMexico2011ph.htm http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Xylophanes-tersa

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PublishedJuly 24, 2014

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