Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 913718

Modest sphinx
Pachysphinx modesta

Observation date: July 16, 2013
Date notes: June or July 2013
Submitted by: kr1f333
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Somewhere around 2.5-5 in. wide with wings closed. Color on wings was mostly rubbed off from contact with sand. Was found half-alive in the shallows of Lake Michigan, and its wings were too damaged for it to be able to fly again.
Status: Resident
Verified by: elsner
Verified date: August 09, 2013
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, Michigan, Manistee County