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Blinded Sphinx

Paonias eexcaecata

Photo by ceherzog
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Description:

Outer margins of the forewings are strongly scalloped, with white fringe on the concave part of the scallops. Forewing upperside is pale gray to dark reddish brown; underside has pink at the base. Upperside of hindwing is pale to dark brown with a broad pink patch at the base and a single blue eyespot. Butterflies & Moths of NA

Habitat:

Deciduous montane forest, 3000'

Notes:

National Moth Week

Reference Links:

Blinded sphinx Paonias excaecata (J.E. Smith, 1797) | Butterflies and Moths of …

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