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Hydrangea sphinx moth
Hydrangea sphinx moth
Darapsa versicolor
Moth
Native sphinx moth whose larvae feed on Hydrangea arborescens and other native hydrangea species. The smooth-hydrangea-as-host-plant relationship is the wedge-relevant fact about hydrangea that the standard "blue versus pink mophead" landscape framing misses entirely.
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Larval host plants · 1
Annabelle hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Specialist
The plant is the named host of the hydrangea sphinx moth (Darapsa versicolor); the smooth-hydrangea-as-host-plant relationship is the wedge-relevant fact the standard 'blue versus pink mophead' landscape framing misses entirely.
Range
Eastern North America wherever the host hydrangea grows.
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