| Moths of North Dakota |
Sphingidae: Macroglossinae: Philampelini |
Eumorpha achemon (Drury 1773)
| Common name: Achemon sphinx.
Hodges #: 7861. Identification: Rfw 44.7 mm, fw mottled brown with dark square patch on inner margin, discal area of hw and vfw pink, tegulae appearing as dark triangles, each tibial spur with apical spine-like seta. Similar species: 7859. Distribution: southern Canada and United States into Mexico. Absent from the Pacific northwest. Hosts: Larvae feed on Vitis– grape, and Parthenocissus– woodbine, both Vitaceae. |
ND Cass Co., Fargo. 25- VI- 1962. D. Arrhus.
ND, Cass Co., Fargo. ex. Parthenocissus sp. 10- VIII- 2001. coll. M. Harris, pic. G. Fauske.
ND Cass Co., NDSU campus, ex. Parthenocissus vitacea. VII- 1999, pic. G. Fauske |
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