Ceratomia igualana

Ceratomia igualana
Ceratomia igualana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ceratomia
Species: C. igualana
Binomial name
Ceratomia igualana
Schaus, 1932[1]
Synonyms
  • Dolbogene igualana (Schaus, 1932)

Ceratomia igualana is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. Only a small number has been caught and not much is known about the biology of this species.

The wingspan is 51-56 mm for males and about 65 mm for females.[2]

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Ceratomia/igualana.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/cigualan.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

Source

  • James P. Tuttle: The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada, The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-0-9796633-0-7.
Stub icon This Sphinginae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.