Common name: Carolina sphinx/ Tobacco hornworm
Hodges #: 7775.
Identification: Rfw 49.5 mm, fw shades of gray,
white subterminal line even in course, hw with dark lines separated by light ground
color, abdomen with yellow lateral spots.
Similar species: 7776,
7778.
Distribution: Central America and southern U.S., straying
northward.
Hosts: Plants of the tomato family (Solanaceae).
Note: The single ND record may be an escapeé
from a laboratory culture.
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IN. Randolph Co., 20- VI- 1976. at light.
coll. B. Stiles.
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