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226625 – 7784 – Dolba hyloeus – Pawpaw Sphinx Moth – (Drury, 1773)

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Distribution:	From New Brunswick through southern Quebec and Ontario to Wisconsin, south to Florida and eastern Texas.
Seasonality and Size:	There are several broods along the Gulf Coast, just one further north. Adults fly from May-September in Florida, mid-June to mid-August in Michigan. John Glaser reports them as common throughout Maryland from 15 May to 19 August. Wingspan 50 - 68 mm
Larva and Host Plants:	The larva is a light green hornworm with 6 pairs of oblique lateral white stripes, bordered with dark gray dorsally. The host plants include alder, pawpaw, deciduous hollies and sweetfern.
Description/ Field Marks:	forewing dark chocolate brown with bands of jagged black and white lines in the basal and pm. areas hindwing blackish with a white median line, becoming double near the anal angle
Similar Species:	The Rustic Sphinx Moth, M. rustica, is similar but considerably larger, with a wingspan of 87 - 150 mm., and has yellow abdominal spots, which the Pawpaw Sphinx Moth lacks.

References

Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at BOLD Barcoding Project.
Bill Oehlke's Species Page
Covell Field Guide p.33; Pl. 5(1, male).
Hodges, R. W., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 21:p. 37; pl. 2.5, 7. order
Tuttle, J. P., 2007. Hawk Moths of North America: p. 60; pl. 10.3.
Wagner, D. L., (2005). Caterpillars of Eastern North America, p. 255.

Data compiled and contributed by Nolie Schneider from references cited.

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