Gaudy sphinx

This specimen was collected by Captain G. C. Woodward in Venezuela and was donated with the rest of his large collection in 1955. The gaudy sphinx moth has beautiful eye spots on its hind wings.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
49/1955/1700
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Arthropods
Collection Area Region
South America
Collector Excavator
Woodward, Captain George Calthorpe (from the collection of): Bilpin, R J
Common Name
gaudy sphinx
Simple Name
insect: moth

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SPHINGIDAE: Eumorpha labruscae (Linnaeus, 1758): gaudy sphinx