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ANSP > Entomology > Peale Collection > Search > Box 6 Specimen 13

Box: 6 Cork: 13

Sphingidae  Sphecodina abbottii (Swainson) [det. J.D. Weintraub]

From:  USA  Pennsylvania  Original Locality Data: Pennsylvania: vic. Philadelphia, 1833 [leg. T.R. Peale]
Peale's Identification: Thyrcus abbottii
Measurements: FWL = 31.9 mm Comments: "food grape" [1833]

Specimen 13 in Peale Box 6,
Box 6 data: "Pennsylvania Nocturnal; 6; 16. Sphingoidae [sic Sphingidae] & c." Collected in the vicinity of Philadelphia by T.R. Peale 1833. Mounted: 1833-1874

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