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Lettered Sphinx

Deidamia inscriptum

Plate II — Lettered Sphinx is Fig. 15
Plate II — Lettered Sphinx is Fig. 15

The caterpillar feeds upon the wild grape-vine. The moth appears in the early spring. It is a common species in western Pennsylvania, but seems elsewhere to be regarded as quite rare. It ranges from Canada to Virginia and westward to the Mississippi.