Sagenosoma

Sagenosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Sphingini
Genus:	Sagenosoma Jordan, 1946
Species:	S. elsa
Binomial name
Sagenosoma elsa (Strecker, [1878])[1]
Synonyms
Dictyosoma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Genus) Sphinx elsa Strecker, 1878 (Species)

Sagenosoma is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing only one species, the Elsa Sphinx Moth (Sagenosoma elsa), which is known from the south-western United States (Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah and Colorado) and northern Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 23-38 mm. Adults are on wing from mid April to mid August, in either one or two generations.

The larvae have been recorded on Lycium pallidum.

References

1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Sagenosoma/elsa.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

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