Achemon Spinx relative?

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SummerStorm93 Hillsborough, NC(Zone 7b) Sep 27, 2018

I found a really pretty moth in my garden that looked like an Achemon Spinx, except the color on the wings was intensely red-orange instead of pink. Is this a variation on Achemon Sphinx, or another moth that happens to look very similar?

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scatola Rome, Italy Sep 27, 2018

At the moment the only Sphingidae I found that can, although vaguely, resemble Achemon sphinx (Eumorpha achemon) is Laothoe-populi.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Laothoe_populi_populi_BMNHE813698_male_up.jpg

https://warehouse1.indicia.org.uk/upload/Poplar%20Hawk-moth%20(Laothoe%20populi)%20Harecroft%20Crescent,%20Sapcote%20SP49019371%20(taken%2028.5.2010),,.JPG

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 28, 2018

One possibility - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/159880

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 28, 2018

Also, the Achemon sphinx moth shows considerable variation in hind wing color. Google images for "Eumorpha achemon moth"

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SummerStorm93 Hillsborough, NC(Zone 7b) Sep 28, 2018

Hrm. Not really. I'll see if I can't spot it again and get a clear picture. Thanks for the input, guys.

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