Modest sphinx

Pachysphinx modesta

''Pachysphinx modesta'', the modest sphinx or poplar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.
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Distribution

It ranges from the southern United States up and throughout Canada.
Pachysphinx modesta Pachysphinx modesta (Modest Sphinx, Poplar Sphinx) Geotagged,Minnesota,Modest Sphinx,Pachysphinx modesta,Poplar Sphinx,Summer,United States

Behavior

Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July in Canada. In the northern part of the range, there is one generation with adults on wing from may to July. Farther south, there might be two generations per year.

The larvae feed on poplar, willow and cottonwood species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusPachysphinx
SpeciesP. modesta
Photographed in
United States of America