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Lesser Vine Sphinx

Pholus fasciatus

Plate III — Lesser Vine Sphinx is Fig. 2
Plate III — Lesser Vine Sphinx is Fig. 2

The caterpillar is reported as feeding upon Jussieua in the tropics. In our territory it feeds upon various species of Vitaceae. It is quite common in the region of the Gulf States and southward, and sometimes is even taken as a straggler as far north as Massachusetts.