Paonias excaecata, the Blinded Sphinx

Paonias excaecata
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(J. E. Smith, 1797) Sphinx

Paonias excaecata, Gaylord, Otsego County, Michigan,
July 12, 2008, courtesy of Alison Sklarczyk.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Smerinthini, Grote & Robinson, 1865
Genus: Paonias Hubner, [1819]
Species: excaecata (J.E. Smith, 1797)

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