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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Ceratomia » Catalpa Sphinx - Hodges#7789 (Ceratomia catalpae)
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Sphinx. - Ceratomia catalpae
Copyright © 2017 Curtis Lehman

Sphinx. - Ceratomia catalpae
Forest Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 19, 2017
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Contributed by Curtis Lehman on 24 September, 2017 - 5:36pm
Last updated 19 October, 2017 - 4:02pm

Ceratomia catalpae
There is no doubt on this one
… Teá Montagna, 19 October, 2017 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphingini.
… Teá Montagna, 19 October, 2017 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

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Catalpa Sphinx (Ceratomia catalpae) and Plebeian Sphinx (Paratrea plebeja) are quite similar, though I lean toward the latter (based on the pattern and coloration of the FW tip and the details of the black-and-white fringing). BG has only a single record of one of them (Catalpa) from PA, though I suspect that that's a sampling artifact, considering that there are records of both from farther north. So, I have placed your bug in the most-precise category that includes both species, the relevant Tribe. Waved Sphinx, for which there are numerous BG records from PA, seems from the sources that I checked, too heavily marked for your bug. However, I could easily be wrong, but, at least, the beast would still be in an appropriate category if I am.

Moved from Ceratomia.
… Tony Leukering, 28 September, 2017 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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