Ceratomia undulosa
Encyclopedia
The Waved Sphinx 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 possibly Quercus species.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the family Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
. It is found in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and southern Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, east of the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...
.
Adult moths are strictly nocturnal, hiding away as dawn approaches (Fullard & Napoleone 2001).
Recorded food plants of the larvae include Fraxinus possibly Quercus species.
Subspecies
- Ceratomia undulosa undulosa (from Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia west to eastern Alberta and Maine to Florida west to the eastern Great Plains and south to Florida, the Gulf Coast and Texas)
- Ceratomia undulosa polingi Clark, 1929 (Mexico)
External links
- Waved Sphinx Moths of North America Guide
- Moths of North Dakota