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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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Catalpa sphinx? - Ceratomia catalpae
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Catalpa sphinx? - Ceratomia catalpae
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
July 7, 2008
Guess I'd better double-check this one, since the last one was rejected...
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 17 December, 2009 - 10:00pm
Last updated 19 December, 2009 - 9:03am

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths. Thanks Ryan--I guess maybe the question is, how do you distinguish it for sure from the Waved Sphinx? There's an image of Robin McLeod's that has been sitting at genus level for over a year, asking this question.

Catalpa sphinx caterpillars were certainly abundant in the general area where I saw these.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 December, 2009 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

 
Sphinx
If the catalpa horworms were abundant than that is more evidence of this being a catalpa as well. The waved sphinx has more distinguished "waved" lines while the catalpa sphinx has less distinguishable lines on the forewings and an overall more brownish coloration.
… Ryan St Laurent, 19 December, 2009 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

Yes
Ceratomia catalpae, the other one you posted was a catalpa sphinx, I don't know why it wasn't moved to that page.
… Ryan St Laurent, 19 December, 2009 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 18 December, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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