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Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Sphingidae, Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Erinnyis obscura
Obscure Sphinx1
River/La Canada, Tucson, AZ
9/24/2002 |
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Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Sphingidae, Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Hiles lineata
White-lined Sphinx/Striped Hawkmoth (hummingbird moth)
River/La Canada, Tucson, AZ
8/7/2001 |
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Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Sphingidae, Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Hyles lineata
White Lined Sphinx, in flight
Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ
09/13/2003 |
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Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Sphingidae, Subfamily: Sphinginae
Sphinx chersis (or asella)
Great Ash Sphinx or Asella Sphinx
Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ
9/2000 |
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Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Sphingidae, Subfamily: Sphinginae
Manduca sexta
Tobacco Hawkmoth/Carolina Sphinx
Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ
9/10/2002 |
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Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Sphingidae, Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Xylophanes falco
Falcon Sphinx
Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ
9/2/2002 |
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Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Sphingidae
Unknown species
Big Poplar Sphinx
Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ
8/10/2003 |
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