- Ceratomia undulosa
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Waved sphinx 
Adult specimen Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Genus: Ceratomia Species: C. undulosa Binomial name Ceratomia undulosa
(Walker, 1856)[1]Synonyms - Daremma undulosa Walker, 1856
- Ceratomia repentinus Clemens, 1859
- Ceratomia undulosa borealis Clark, 1929
- Ceratomia undulosa engeli Chermock & Chermock, 1940
The Waved Sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) 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.
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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)
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References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Ceratomia/undulosa.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- Fullard, James H. & Napoleone, Nadia (2001): Diel flight periodicity and the evolution of auditory defences in the Macrolepidoptera. Animal Behaviour 62(2): 349–368. doi:10.1006/anbe.2001.1753 PDF fulltext
External links
- Waved Sphinx Moths of North America Guide
- Moths of North Dakota
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