Twin-spotted Sphinx (Smerinthus jamaicensis) (Drury, 1773)

 

Synonyms: Calasymbolus jamaicensis, Smerinthus geminatus, Sphinx jamaicensis

 

 

Smerinthus jamaicensis is widely distributed across North America east of the Rocky Mountains (from southern Yukon, James Bays and Newfoundland south to Arizona and Florida). It occurs in deciduous and mixed forests and woodlands, and shrubby riparian habitats. The wingspan is 45-83 mm. The forewing is gray with black and white markings in males, and yellowish-brown with brown and white markings in females; the outer margin is unevenly scalloped. The hindwing is mostly red, with a large blue eyespot (entire or divided by black bands into two or three). The larva host plants include Salicaceae (Populus and Salix spp.), Rosaceae (Malus and Prunus spp.), Betulaceae, etc. Adults do not feed. This species flies from April to August in the north, and most of the year in the south.

 

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