Claim: Cephonodes kingii , a moth from the family Sphingidae, is pale green with a short black tail horn as a young larvae which becomes black, grey or green with a posterior horn as an adult.
Evidence: Cephonodes kingii, the gardenia bee hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Young larvae are pale green with a short black tail horn. Later, they become black, grey, or green, often with black lines across the back. They have a posterior horn shaped like a shallow S, and have white spiracles along each side outlined in red.