- Sagenosoma
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Sagenosoma Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Tribe: Sphingini Genus: Sagenosoma
Jordan, 1946Species: 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
- ^ "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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