sphingid

Female Sphingid, however, do not generally lay eggs in confinement,66 or at most only a very small number.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
The caterpillars of the Sphingid are known to behave themselves in different manners when attacked.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
After all these illustrations it can no longer remain doubtful that the oblique stripes of the Sphingid are adaptive.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
The caterpillars of the Sphingid appear also in some cases to vary in a manner very suggestive of phytophagic influences.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann

The head is greyer than the body; the usual Sphingid horn is absent, and in its place there is a double wart.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard South