| Moths of North Dakota |
Sphingidae: Macroglossinae: Dilophonotini |
Aellopos titan (Cramer 1777)
| Common name: Titan sphinx/
White-banded day sphinx.
Hodges #: 7849 Identification: Rfw 26.7 mm, with two parallel rows of translucent white spots, discal dot present, abdomen with broad white cross-band. Antennae weakly clavate Similar species: none in North Dakota. Distribution: Tropical South America northward to the Gulf States, straying further north to New York, Michigan, and North Dakota. Hosts: Larvae feed members of the plant family Rubiaceae.
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ND, Cass Co., Fargo. NDSU campus horticulture plots. 5- IX- 2003. at Zinnia, coll. R. Larson. |
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