Ceratomia sonorensis

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Sonoran sphinx
Ceratomia sonorensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 323 Pena Blanca Santa Cruz Co, Arizona dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
Ceratomia sonorensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 323 Pena Blanca Santa Cruz Co, Arizona, ventral.jpg
Male ventral
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ceratomia
Species:
C. sonorensis
Binomial name
Ceratomia sonorensis
Hodges, 1971[1]

Ceratomia sonorensis, the Sonoran sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from high altitudes in oak and oak-pine associations in Madrean woodland in Sonora, Mexico and in south-eastern Arizona.[2]

The wingspan is 84–89 mm. The upperside of the forewing is mostly dark gray, while the upperside of the hindwing is mostly dark brown.

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Fraxinus species.

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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