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Gaura Sphinx
The upper side of this small species is sufficiently delineated in the plate to require no verbal description. On the under side the wings are vinous brown, shading on the outer third into olive-green, and reproducing the maculation of the upper surface. The hind wings are deep olive at the base, passing into yellowish green outwardly.
The insect feeds in the larval stage upon various species of Gaura, and ranges from Georgia to Texas and as far north as southern Kansas.