Achemon Sphinx Moth
Eumorphaachemon
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Glendale, Arizona
Barling, Arkansas
Calistoga, California
Coushatta, Louisiana
Millbury, Massachusetts
Belton, Missouri
Springfield, Missouri
Albuquerque, New Mexico(3 reports)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Fort Worth, Texas
Lynnwood, Washington
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tardis
Albuquerque, NM |
July 2010 |
Positive
I have found their caterpillars on Virginia Creeper foliage and adults feeding on Datura and Ipomoea alba flower nectar here in Albuquerque. They aren't abundant and I don't mind the damage as the adults are extremely attractive and very entertaining to watch at dusk, bobbing drunkenly amongst the Datura flowers with their long probosci dangling.
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BST_Lover
Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) |
February 2007 |
Positive
Host plants are grape, ampelopsis brevipedunculata, and Virginia Creeper, all in the grape family. This photo is the brown form, more common in late summer-early fall. The green form is more common in spring-early summer.