Hemaris diffinis

Snowberry clearwing
	Hemaris diffinis in Augusta, Michigan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hemaris
Species:	H. diffinis
Binomial name
	Hemaris diffinis; (Boisduval 1836)
Synonyms
	Macroglossa diffinis Boisduval, 1836; Macroglossa aethra Strecker, 1875; Macroglossa fumosa Strecker, 1874; Sesia axillaris Grote & Robinson, 1868; Sesia grotei Butler, 1874; Hemaris tenuis Grote, 1873; Hemaris metathetis Butler, 1876; Hemaris marginalis Grote, 1873; Haemorrhagia ariadne Barnes & McDunnough, 1910;

Hemaris diffinis, the snowberry clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. This moth is sometimes called "hummingbird moth" or "flying lobster". This moth should not be confused with the hummingbird hawk-moth of Europe.

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