. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Sphingidae This lovely hawkmoth, which is accounted quite rare in localities, has been found very commonly at certain times in western Pennsylvania. Its larva feeds upon the wild hydrangea, which grows abundantly in deep wooded glens, along the margin of brooks. The insect ranges from New England to the mountains of the Carolinas and westward into the eastern border of the Mississippi Valley. Genus SPHECODINA Blanchard The head is broad. The proboscis is nearly as long as the
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Sphingidae This lovely hawkmoth, which is accounted quite rare in localities, has been found very commonly at certain times in western Pennsylvania. Its larva feeds upon the wild hydrangea, which grows abundantly in deep wooded glens, along the margin of brooks. The insect ranges from New England to the mountains of the Carolinas and westward into the eastern border of the Mississippi Valley. Genus SPHECODINA Blanchard The head is broad. The proboscis is nearly as long as the body. The antennas are fusiform, with a recurved hook at the tip. The body is broad, flattened beneath. The abdomen has a pointed anal tuft, and the segments are adorned laterally v/ith prominent truncated tufts of coarse hairs. The wings in their outline closely resemble those of the genus Amphion. Only one species of the genus is known. (i) Sphecodina abbotti Swainson, Plate 11, Fig. 19, $. (Abbot's Sphinx.) This beautiful hawkmoth is found throughout the Eastern States and southern Canada and ranges westward as far as Iowa and Kansas. The larva feeds on the l^itacece and is not uncommon o n Ampelopsis. The caterpillar is not provided with an anal horn, but has instead an eye-like tubercle, or boss, at the anal extremity. It has the habit, when disturbed, of throwing its head violently from side to side, a movement found in other sphingid larvse, and also in some of the Fi<^- 33-—Larva and. moth of 5. abhotti (After Riley.) 70. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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