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Common Name(s): Ello Sphinx
Ecology: Adult description: This is a medium sized moth with forewings 38-44mm in length (1). This species is sexually dimorphic. Females are slightly large and plain gray whereas the males are slightly smaller and the gray is broken by a brown streak that starts about halfway through the forewing. The hindwings are bright red with a black border on the bottom that does not touch the anal angle of the hindwing. There is a small bluish tint on the area closest to the anal angle where the black ends. The males have a gray thorax with a black line in the middle. The females lack this black line. The abdomen of both sexes is striped black and gray. Larval description: L5: The larva is green, but can also be brown and lacks a distinct horn. There is a small nub of horn remaining. The dorsal part of the larva is greenish blue in the green form with two white lines running down the length of the larva separating the two colors. In the brown form, the larva isn’t bicolored, but there are still two lines running down the length of the larva as in the green form but the lines are black. There is a very distinctive and colorful fake eyespot on the first few thoracic segments that is revealed when the larva feels threatened. The prolegs and thoracic legs of this larva are pink. Host plants: Click here to load this Caspio Cloud Database
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L5 (C) Teá Kesting-Handly
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