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Yellow-banded Day Sphinx

Proserpinus flavofasciata

Classification

Class
Insecta

Proserpinus flavofasciata, the yellow-banded day sphinx, is a species of hawk moth which occurs at the edges of, and in clearings in, boreal and mountain forests across Canada, as far south as Maine and Massachusetts in the east and as far north as Alaska in the west. It is much more common in the west of its range. Description The adult moth is a day-flying bumblebee mimic with a plump black body with yellow markings.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 51United States of America · 24