Ceratomia undulosa

Ceratomia undulosa
Adult specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ceratomia
Species: C. undulosa
Binomial name
Ceratomia undulosa
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Daremma undulosa Walker, 1856
  • Ceratomia repentinus Clemens, 1859
  • Ceratomia undulosa borealis Clark, 1929
  • Ceratomia undulosa engeli Chermock & Chermock, 1940

The Waved Sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the United States, and southern Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains.

Adult moths are strictly nocturnal, hiding away as dawn approaches (Fullard & Napoleone 2001).

Recorded food plants of the larvae include Fraxinus and possibly Quercus species. Larvae then dig underground to pupate.

Subspecies

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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