Cautethia spuria

Spurious sphinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Cautethia
Species:	C. spuria
Binomial name
	Cautethia spuria; (Boisduval, 1875)
Synonyms
	Oenosanda spuria Boisduval, 1875;

Cautethia spuria, the spurious sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. It lives from Mexico to Costa Rica to southern Texas and Oklahoma on the North American continent.

Variations

The upperside of the forewing is pale silvery gray with black markings. In some individuals the wing base is very dark. The upperside of the hindwing is deep yellow with a black border that covers more than half the wing. There are multiple generations per year. Adults nectar at flowers. The wingspan is 35–45 mm.

Larvae feed on , Chiococca alba and and probably other Rubiaceae species.^[2]

References[]

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Cautethia spuria (Boisduval, [1875]) Oenosanda". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links[]

Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Spurious sphinx Cautethia spuria (Boisduval, 1875)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
Cautethia spuria Sphingidae of the Americas

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Cautethia spuria (Boisduval, [1875]) Oenosanda". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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