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Sphecodina abbottii (Abbott's sphinx)

Wikipedia Abstract

Sphecodina abbottii, the Abbott's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It lives in eastern North America. Adults fly in May–June in the north, but have several generations in the south. The underwings have a strong yellow band and in flight, the moth buzzes, appearing like a bee. At rest, they raise their abdomens and are well camouflaged on tree bark, looking like a broken branch (Wagner, 2005).
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Prey / Diet

Ampelocissus latifolia (American ivy)[1]
Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Boston ivy)[1]
Vitis riparia (river-bank grape)[1]
Vitis vinifera (wine grape)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Compsilura concinnata (Tachina fly)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0