It has a creamy yellow underwing and the moth is on the small side for the sphinx moths I generally see here. I'm assuming it is Sphingidae as it has similar characteristics to familiar species.
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Another view.
I'd like to add it to Bugfiles, but need a name.
This does appear to be a sphinx moth, but it does not resemble any of the commoner species that I am familiar with. It could be either an out of area stray, or an aberrant individual of an otherwise common species. When I have time, I'll do a little digging on this one - I may be overlooking something obvious (my wife tells me I'm good at that...).
I was looking through moths and butterflies and found this one.
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3453
I think you nailed it - the Abbott's sphinx - the foreshortening of the image really threw me off base...
Here's a side view and this is outdoors in regular daylight if that helps for a positive ID. (the others were just inside my back door by a window)
The link sure looks like my guy/gal though.
Yep...That is it: http://bugguide.net/node/view/16975
Thanks everyone!
Whew! I always feel a tad intimidated by IDing insects but this one looked so close. Thanks for the validation, suunto!
It isn't a common visitor in KY from what I can determine. There are reports of it here, but not many and not often.
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